Starting the garden over
“Did you see the watermelon I grew?” my mom asked me. And, “I got so many bell peppers from this plant.”
Those were my watermelon and bell peppers. I planted them last year. 😯
She saw a hornworm on a leaf, tore the leaf off, and threw it on the ground.
“It’s just gonna crawl back onto the plant. You have to give it to the birds. 😱”
“Oh damn well…” Her catch phrase.
She’s better at gardening than I am. She grew up on a farm in the Philippines; and since we’ve had a house, she’s always grown a bunch of vegetables in the yard. Crazy that she can afford to let those things run rampant and still being able to harvest so much. Meanwhile, I fought all those critters, because they were destroying all my garden’s progress. Honestly, that watermelon I planted wouldn’t have grown if she hadn’t taken over.
But I want to garden. My most successful plants were potatoes and peppers, so I’ll start again with them. I’m really happy to try this out once more. It does better each year as I learn what to do and not do.
Those were my watermelon and bell peppers. I planted them last year. 😯
She saw a hornworm on a leaf, tore the leaf off, and threw it on the ground.
“It’s just gonna crawl back onto the plant. You have to give it to the birds. 😱”
“Oh damn well…” Her catch phrase.
She’s better at gardening than I am. She grew up on a farm in the Philippines; and since we’ve had a house, she’s always grown a bunch of vegetables in the yard. Crazy that she can afford to let those things run rampant and still being able to harvest so much. Meanwhile, I fought all those critters, because they were destroying all my garden’s progress. Honestly, that watermelon I planted wouldn’t have grown if she hadn’t taken over.
But I want to garden. My most successful plants were potatoes and peppers, so I’ll start again with them. I’m really happy to try this out once more. It does better each year as I learn what to do and not do.
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