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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Pride Goeth

A week ago I uncovered my well mulched veggie patch and began planting.Over the past 7 days the following seedlings were planted:
20 tomatoes, several varieties
8 beans
16 varieties of Asian greens
8 red chillies
8 basil
8 Thai basil
10 coriander
1 lemongrass
1 Vietnamese mint
4 snow peas.
With the seedlings settled in and mulched to the eyebrows with pea straw, residual weeds hoed and no sign of snails I thought I had done well. I watered, congratulated myself on a job well done and looked forward to the coming bounty.
They are all dead. All brown and shriveled. All (I don't want to add up how much I spent) of them.
I miscalculated and underestimated the tenacity of the Blandberra frosts. The days have been warm for well over a month, all the trees are blossoming and spring is well upon us. I thought it was safe. I thought the frozen earth was thawed sufficiently. I was wrong. They are all dead. Fuck it. That really pisses me off.

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