Defeat Garden
Posted by bronson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:29:00 GMT
The garden isn’t going so well… Right after we planted the tomatoes and peppers, a cold snap hit. The plants seemed to survive but a few weeks later, their leaves started turning yellow and falling apart.
Then the peas sprouted. At first they grew like crazy then, after a few more weeks, they started doing the same thing! Maybe there’s an herbicide in the soil? Although the soil looks rich, maybe it’s only suitable for weeds? Maybe they’re just not getting enough direct sunlight? It’s hard to say.
And then it was all moot. On the final Sunday of May we found that red crap was covering everything. Apparently the workers said, “Hey, I think there’s a garden here. Should we rethink this?” And, although the landlord gave us permission to plant a garden, the property manager said to bury it.
This is what you get when you rent.
A day later Cassie, Amola and I tried to dig up the hapless victims. It was too late. The peppers and one of the zucchinis were killed right off. Some of the tomato plants appeared OK, others had stem damage and fell over. The peas, amazingly, didn’t seem to mind and, last I heard, are still growing fine.
Our garden now consists of peas and weeds and some zucchinis. Good thing I like peas and weeds.
