We have achieved…um…some kind of sprout in the garden. Rocket or komatsuna, I think. I partitioned a particular part of the herb garden into four sections, one for each kind of green, and one of the four has started coming up, and I can’t be bothered to run downstairs to get my sketch to figure out which it is.
Yesterday would have been a great day for working in the garden, but my dad was around and we did house repair-type work instead (which turned out to include him stepping on the patch where the sprouts are, but they’re so small they don’t seem to have been damaged). So the potatoes remain unplanted. I’ll try to get to them next weekend; it’s raining and lousy the next few days, plus I won’t be around; I’m on a business trip to Chicago and then to Dallas. (I must go water the plants, since Eric won’t do it while I’m gone.) Maybe by the time I get back more sprouts will have appeared, or at least I’ll have looked up what kind I’ve got.
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April 9, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Carol
What are your four greens? Matt and I will come pick your tomatoes later this summer. Z is really good at picking, especially if you don’t mind fried green tomatoes. 😉 Good luck with the business travel!
April 11, 2009 at 11:37 am
Daphne Gould
I love seeing the first sprouts in the garden. I’m way too easily excited by such things. I found out last year that I hate rocket, but I’m also growing komatsuna this year. I’m hoping I like it.
April 12, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Jenny
Carol – they’re komatsuna, choy sum, mustard greens, and rocket. I’ll keep your tomato-picking offer in mind, especially since the local help I could call on (Brenda and Co) routinely complains about the number of tomatoes they get every summer. 🙂
Daphne – Good luck with the komatsuna! I hope ours both grow well. I tried rocket for the first time last year and adored it, but I only got it in very small quantities, which might make a difference.