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still LURVING the world
My sage and parsley have sprouted!
They're just itty bitty. It was rainy all day today, and I guess these herbs decided to wake up to late April showers. On Saturday, I was getting worried about whether these plants would break soil at all. So I tilled it. The planters sit on the kitchen window sill, so I got a fork out of the drawer and broke up the soil a bit, aerating it. Then I watered it. Then yesterday I breathed on the soil, the same way you would if you wanted to breathe morning breath into your little brother's face, HAAAHH, HAAAHH. And today when I got home from work, tiny green sprigs had burst through the soil. My carbon dioxide is ever powerful. Go CO2!
The flowers in the large planter have quite a bit longer, slender stems now. The leaves are growing, and it might be another couple of weeks before we see actual blossoms. That's okay, though. As long as they're living, I'm okay with waiting.
- Mood:
all green-thumby
You know what that's for. Well, this past week was commencement at BYU; maybe that's the hubbub, bub.
Today I decided to take a survey of how many people I am taller than. Of course I counted children, because you know a six-foot 8-year-old would totally count all the adults taller than him. Today, I was taller than 10 people. I saw only one this morning. Child, about 5 years old. Then I saw five more on the subway during lunch. Two babies in strollers, three toddlers. Then I saw an Orthodox Jewish family with four children on my way back from lunch, near Broadway and Cortlandt, around 2pm. I love short people.
Let me explain lunch. I went to Union Square. My plan was to buy some flip flops. They need to be cute. And comfortable. Those are some pretty tough criteria. Anyway. The farmers' market was up, so I walked through. I picked up a slice of zucchini bread for $1. Then I went into the store, which happens to be my favorite sporting goods store here in the city. I looked at the flip flops, and I almost got a pair, but then I let myself look around, and I almost picked up a new shirt and a pair of culottes, which I absolutely did not need. But boy, they were hellacute. So I walked out of the store with empty hands and half a slice of zucchini bread in my jacket pocket. I love zucchini bread.
The little sprouts have extended their stems even more and were leaning pretty severely toward the window to soak up some sun. When I got home, I turned around the planter, and now the sprouts are standly nearly straight up. I love phototropism.
Heading off to the Living Room. Will I love Meg Hutchinson?
- Mood: cheerful
Plants are something else, aren't they? 
Yes, I'll probably be a little on the obnoxious side about documenting the growth of these little greenies. That's like an entire inch's difference than yesterday. I really like this soil. I still have about 15 pounds of it, and I'm not sure what to do with it yet. It's good for eight months, so maybe I can grow some squash later on, or try my thumb at other stuff. Just not pot. No drugs, people. This is a ton of fun.
You can see larger versions of these photos as Flickr. I put up a "Gardening 2008" set.
Also at Flickr are more "I don't know you but"s. Just a few.
Yay.
And today, I glanced toward the kitchen window and was surprised to find this:
Did I mention green was my favorite color? This is pretty exciting. Next week things should be looking pretty good.
- Mood: hee
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