It comes at a price. The price is time gone. A day off over. Fatigue. And a mind that wonders what was it all about.
The answer to that would be...it's investment. Growing life needs time and in the case of domestic plants — preparation, as well.
No way around it, so suck it up.
Greetings, Fellow Land Tillers, General Terraformers, and other Earthlings!
Today's agricultural session was bit on the boring and grinding side with next to nothing to boast about. There are days when you simply need to do the dirty work and expect no great recognition, nor diversity, nor thrill. Almost.
If you can find excitement anywhere, you can find it in simple and otherwise boring things, too. Trying to get there. But I did some of this kind of job and that's what matters.
Specifically, I just needed to till the grassy yard space today and eventually plant some seeds.
The first part brought me this surprise. A baby potato quite preserved under the soil.
I did not expect to find it while cleaning some small area near the place where potatoes were last year. I was not even quite there.
So, this one was probably tossed aside, perhaps not voluntarily, since it's in good enough shape still to be taken to the kitchen. Now or back then, the criteria was the same.
Well, I found a random potato,that should have been some diversity, no?
Aside from the random potato...
Here's the next round of carrot seeds. This time, I planted them in four different areas, trying to diversify their conditions and see where they shall fare well.
Some of the soil felt nice and easy to work with...
...and some of the soil was a pain in the wrist and waist. And less welcoming to the carrot seeds, I would bet.
All in all, carrots, parsley, red beet, and some peas were sown.
A lot of ground needs still be covered, i.e. tilled. Perhaps more than once.
There are new holes in the bucket.
Waiting for Spring to help make things better in some regards. Like...warmth.
Peace!
M.
Potato goes into the ground this week for me. The rest? Seeds are sown indoors and under Lights and heat. Peas will go in ground April 1st, as will lettuce and spinach. the rest will go outside, May 1st!
I wonder if someone left that potato of yours? or was it simply someone who snuck in and left it near your soil? Sometimes my brother will do that to me. For a joke.
Last year we had an invasion and potato leaves were destroyed while the plants were relatively young. So baby potatoes only. And we pulled them out using pitchforks, etc. This one must have been catapulted and then buried in the soil again for a season. It was half a giraffe away from its original bed.
how many giraffe's wide is your garden plot?
I'd say about twenty half-giraffes*.
*It's a custom measure recently used by a British astronomer to describe a meteorite that hit Earth hours after being discovered. Just repeating the news I heard from other social media people.
There's a Bridge, across a river, near me. I live near where MIT is. The famous University.
Well, as a prank. decades ago, they invented a unit of measurement, called the Smoot:
they measured the bridge length, by taking one of their classmates and laying him down, over and over, to see how many Smoots (his name) long the bridge is. now, it is an MIT standard.
Awesome to know that, too :)
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The results of all that work is usually good food.
I hope it works that way in the end, thanks :)
Same here, sometimes I do get some blisters on my hands.
Those heal. The important think for me is not to forget to try and keep away from long-term injuries. Nerves, joints, sinews and the like.
It sounds like you're going to have a hell of a tasty stew and soup when all those finally grow!
Still got frozen carrots from last summer but I want to get more serious now about growing it all..