Lest you get the impression that My Earth Garden HQ is some sort of Eden or Zen palace, I just want to tell you that I am sitting here at 2:00 a.m. in my underwear watching an episode of “The Sopranos†and chain smoking. First one who gives me a lecture gets a nice warm cup of STFU (please don’t make me define that one, just look it up).
Sometimes I get so caught up in daily life that I forget to stop long enough to look around. The weather has been fantastic lately and the plants are growing like crazy. Squash will be the first homegrown delicacy to grace my table, followed soon thereafter by my green bean choice for the year, Kentucky Wonder. I am ecstatic about my cucumber plants though – they are both covered in tiny cukes!
Yesterday I put down a few rows of corn. I know it is late in the season, but come August things will be looking and tasting great in my kitchen. It was a good deal on fresh corn at the grocery store last week that gave me my hankering. So I’m impulsive. Sue me.
The tomatoes are going strong, but I’ve yet to see any blooms. I can be patient though. My heirloom tomatoes are always worth the extra effort and the extra wait. The two new varieties I’m experimenting with this year are Mr. Stripey and Russian Black and they are doing incredibly well so far.
While I’m thinking about it, I recently wrote about a trip to see my Aunt Margaret in Tuscaloosa (my partner’s Great Aunt, actually), and how she seems to be a tomato charmer or something. Check the story out at Tomato Casual.
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That’s priceless. :) Love it.