(I am apparently now saying "y'all" again, after being broken of that habit in Europe, because I'm virtually a bona fide Texas farmer.)
OK, so I actually did till the soil. And I did plant some seeds. And I also did some watering with some organic stuff that did something that I can't remember about now. (That was back in October, before the last unsuccessful IUI, the fabulous Thanksgiving with my family, and the spur-of-the-moment kitchen remodel!)
But then the weather decided it wanted to be below zero and snowing for a week, then not rain for weeks on end, and then be a balmy 70 degrees with lots of sunshine. And after all the covering up then uncovering the garden for the harshest of the winter weather, I decided to quit messing with that foolishness every night in the 30-degree temperatures and arctic wind. I figured the broccoli was a complete loss.
I also thought that three months after planting seeds I should have been getting some vegetables already, but not a single plant was producing anything but leaves.
Since the weather has been rainy, snowy, freezing, or just gloomy outside most days, I haven't even ventured out to the garden to check on things.
Until today. Seriously, it couldn't be more beautiful today.
Today, my broccoli looks like this:
That sucker is ready to be harvested and eaten. We're having home-grown organic broccoli for dinner this weekend!
Here's one of the other plants:
I definitely also see lots of other small heads of broccoli cropping up on those two big plants and a couple of the smaller ones, too! Here's a baby broccoli (you'll have to take my word for it since I made no attempts to add anything for comparison purposes to the photo):
Maybe it's all thanks to this Christmas gift addition to the garden:
(Isn't it cute?)
Or maybe I should really just ignore the garden as much as possible after the planting and pray for the right quantities of sun and rain...like farmers probably did 8000 years ago.
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You are a great writer. You're a hoot!
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