My welcome home committee
July 21, 2008
Posted by CindyW in : Opinions & Thoughts , trackback
I am finally back from our month-long journey to the far east. It was both exhilarating and exhausting. Even though we are footloose in our bones (even our kids are getting to that state of mind), it is still nice to be home.
The first thing we visited was our nascent vegetable garden. Our hard dug and freshly planted palm-sized garden was on our minds, even when we wandered about the ancient Silk Road in the deep desert. I’d imagine the luxurious silk, satins, rubies, diamonds, pearls, rhubarb, pilgrims, monks and nomads that journeyed through this route and shaped many civilizations. Then I’d wonder how my vegetables were doing with an experimental sprinkle system.
In the cool morning air, our welcome committee glistened in the sun. My gosh, they surely grew while we were gone!
Have you ever seen one and half foot tall red-leaf lettuces? Here is one of my monster lettuces with its open arms.
Our corn is not bearing any sweet kernels yet. Still the plants are tall and graceful.
Bush beans are ready to be picked.
So are the carrots.
Apparently some uninvited visitors have been feasting on our strawberries and have taken the liberty of lifting our peppers altogether. But seeing our other healthy plants put me in a good mood. So I won’t hunt them down or even hold any grudge. But critters, we are back. Don’t mess with my garden again!
I laughed at my strange attachment to our silly little vegetable garden. I’ve come home from far away places many times before. But this time, it is different. This time I have a welcome committee.
p.s., I will post pictures of our journey later this week.
CindyW at Organicpicks
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It’s hard to leave your babies behind, isn’t it? The garden looks remarkably weed free, considering how long you were gone. Did someone watch over it for you?
Can’t wait to see your pictures!
Hi Joyce,
You made a really good point about weeds. For some reason, I never thought about it. It is true that we don’t have many weeds to worry about. Come to think of it, we have not had to weed at all.
We snaked a hose along all our plants - the kind of hose that had many holes to provide water coverage (I am sure there is a specific name for it, but I don’t remember now). Also attached an automatic timer to it, so we could program it to spray fine mist twice a day.
So no, we did not need anyone to watch over it for us. And it was truly amazing that the veggies did so well on their own.
You don’t have to weed. Hmm. I’m trying not to be miffed, I really am. If I blink too long, my garden is buried in weeds!
Your garden looks great! The way you took the picture, the lettuce looks about 4 feet tall! Mine have reached that height, but only because they’re bolting and bitter. I just haven’t had time to take them out, yet. Anyway, welcome home!