So sorry Mom and Aunt Carol....I mean loyal blog viewers.Internet has been down and I had a Dr's appt. So, here I am, scrambling to get my winter garden in place. Broccoli, cauliflower, chard, cabbage, carrots, onions, Brussels sprouts and tomatoes, that's right tomatoes. They are a vibratory pollinator (that means you gently shake them to pollinate) and make a wonderful indoor or hot house crop for winter. If you had a wonder tomato crop this summer, snip 8-10" off of any indeterminate tomato variety, drop it in some water and you will see roots form and continue that delicious tomato through out winter.
Anyway, I noticed that I ad not yet planted spinach, so I got my seeds planted (I prefer seeds) but to keep me from waiting too long for harvest; I wanted to plant some pony packs too. I put them on the dining room table and went to change so I could dig in to the garden. When I came out I was surprised. the leaves were missing from my plants. Now I paid full price for these plants and they were strong and healthy looking when I bought them. I decided to plant what I had anyway. Maybe they would catch. There they sat, little twigs pointing up to the sky next to the tiny sprigs of seedlings breaking out of the soil. Sure hope those little plant lets catch on.
I went back into the house to start dinner...there were little green puddles all around the kitchen floor. I grabbed a paper towel and began to clean them up,
"Hey, kids what were you making in here? You didn't clean up"
"We didn't make anything!!" They shouted back at me. I examined the contents, it looked like
shredded lettuce. And then it struck me, my spinach!!
"Where are the cats?"
"On my bed sleeping, been there for two hours", my daughter called out.
"The DOG!! He ate my spinach!!"
Then the kids screamed out,
"What did you expect, you got mad at him when he ate the chicken?" +sigh+
Peace and love to you all...
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