Here we go again. Mistress Nancy, quite contrary, is going to take a stab at gardening, one more time. I'm a sucker when the bedding plants start appearing at Lowes and Walmart. I can't drive near my old house and not stop at Larry's Northland Garden Center. Today, I made a trip to Suburban Lawn and Garden (they have everything that has ever been grown there) for tomato plants and flowers. The flowers are going in our deck planters and the tomatoes in my small veggie bed on the upper deck.
Last year, tomato worms ate all of my beautiful plant leaves, and I was left with no tomatoes and two over-productive zucchini plants. I am not fond of zucchini. Truly, I'm a really bad gardener. I plant, water, and weed. But, I can never get much to grow.
My grandpa Tom, had a marvelous garden. It covered a whole vacant lot. He grew corn, cabbage, lettuce, beans, peas,watermelon and cantaloupe. His six brothers were gardeners, too. I seem to remember that they were quite competitive about their produce. Our families all ate well. But, that was in the day when growing and canning were the norm. (Do they still make pressure cookers????)
So, here I go again. Wish me luck. Will I be successful? I'll report back, in August.
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Lord. We have an abundance of blessings. We thank You for every day.
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