6.04.2008
It’s a good thing I’m raising plants and not children because I would be an asshole of a father. It’s not that I abuse them, or neglect them, I just put all my other priorities before them. Whoops. That being said, I now officially have a container garden on my roof. (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2550878131_d6626a9d5e.jpg?v=0)
Eight bean plants, three zucchinis, two tomatoes (one of each breed), and two eggplants, again one of each. I need more dirt and more containers in order to transplant the rest and have so far not had time (read: made time) to get them.
Of the lucky plants that won the cosmic raffle and made it to the big leagues of my roof, things are going well. I ripped one zucchini plant out this morning (more on that later), and pinched a few leaves here and there, but nothing has been droopy or had a poor reaction to being transplanted. I’ve walked by a few community gardens over the past week, and it doesn’t seem like I’m winning any contests. Most tomato plants are much taller than mine, and really to be honest most of everything looks quite a bit bigger. C’est la jardinage.
When I initially planted the seeds, the zucchini’s were by far the fastest to germinate. I feel like I might have made a mistake in planting them with the rest of the plants, because while they broke the soil and got much larger than the other plants quickly, it seemed like they soon reached a point where their growth stagnated and then they even started to wither. Of the four I planted initially, three limped their way to the roof, and of them, two had begun to flower, so they’re still in the game…for now. (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2550877543_712cf4485a.jpg?v=0)
In the place of the one I pulled out, I planted two new zucchini seeds in hopes that at least one will germinate as quickly as the last group, but this time have the benefit of adequate nutrients. I’m not sure if it will work, but for the record, I have high hopes that my elementary zucchini theory will turn out well.
In other news, while I do occasionally indulge in terrible food choices (I had Crown fried chicken at 4am a few nights ago…), the better part of my diet is pretty amazing. For example, this morning for breakfast I had toast using bread from a local bakery, organic scrambled eggs with locally grown scallions and locally produced cheese, and fantastic bacon from a local farm. For lunch, a (local) sweet bologna sandwich with same said cheese and bread. You could say I’m loco for local. No, really, say it. Tell everyone. Maybe I’ll get sponsored.
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