Sunday, May 15, 2011

lessons from gardening

We are currently in the process of killing tomato plants, and there is something funky on some of our pepper plants. It looks like dirt, but it doesn't rub off. Gardening is certainly a learning process. Here are some things I've picked up:

1. Don't leave compost in your trunk. When you get home, unload it from your trunk. You might be feeling lazy because you have brought home many bags full of groceries and other things, but trust me, unload the compost. Otherwise, your car will emit an odor reminiscent of driving through farm country in Minnesota on the way to your grandparents' house. This isn't a particularly bad odor, but it's not pleasant.

2. When growing herbs in a container, it is not necessary to dump the whole seed packet into one container.

3. I can't think of a third lesson, but a list of 3 sounds better than a list of 2.

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