I just planted some of my "Bits and pieces" in the garden today, and now I'm enjoying a thunderstorm that took out the town's electricity. Or maybe it was the military, who knows. But my bet is on the thunderstorm, it's awesome and big and so much rain and lighting and, well, thunder. The rain is perfect for my recently planted crops and bits.
Today, it was onions. I changed the system a little, not putting them into dirt, but into an old plastic container with lid - that way, they're always moist and the roots go great. You just have to wash them once a day. It seems to work a lot better than putting them into my improvised tin containers full of dirt.
But I've talked about these enough now. A week ago, I went up on the rooftop garden to clean up a little. I had neglected it, and since it's all pots, it needs more care than the regular garden that just keeps growing no matter what. One of the things that I planted there is my favorite crop - peas.
Yes, ironic, as the QOTW is titled "Easy Peasy". But I've had nothing but good experiences with them. The variety that I have (I just stuck some fresh ones that were germinating into the ground and voilà!) is very resilient and grows everywhere - even in my pots. So, I made space for them.
I have no idea how much space they need, so I just put 9 peas in each of the containers that I emptied. I know they like to climb, so I'll put some sticks and leftover wire in there, too. We'll see what happens! Until now, it's going really good, they're already sticking their heads out after only one week in the dirt.
Lily and I love to harvest these peas when they're very young, and munch them directly. They're very sweet then (for a vegetable), and just delicious. If you start gardening, peas, onion stumps and herbs. Herbs almost never die. Almost.
This was oregano. Now, it's more a wasteland. To be fair, I only planted a little branch, and it took over the bucket very quickly, and gave nice oregano for a while. I harvested quite a bit. Maybe it's just old now. In this bucket you can also see the absolute easiest crop to grow - the one you didn't expect.
It happens so many times to me that suddenly, something pops up somewhere. Just random, out of nowhere. In this case, it's Amaranth. I guess that it fell into the compost one day or something, but it keeps shooting out of nowhere. Same goes for potatoes.
The light came back on. At least here. Not at the bakery, yet, which worries me, as the boys came in early for a huge production for tomorrow. I hope it comes back quickly. The situation with the strike is dire enough, losing one of the two nights of business left? Not good.
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