A Weird Hillbilly's Garden

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

Two days ago, I saw my first lady bugs of the year. Yesterday I saw the first dandelion in bloom. Leaf buds have not yet appeared on the trees, but spring is on it's way nonetheless.

A couple days ago, mild tragedy struck. I've been setting my little plantation outside during the day to take advantage of what sun comes. That day was a windy day, and on windy days I have a little weight that I set on top of the clear cover to keep the wind from blowing it off, but the wind that day was a little stouter than I had estimated, and at some point the wind blew the weight off, and then it blew the clear cover off, exposing the seedlings to the ravages of the elements. wind blew several of them over, just bent 'em to slap the dirt and stay down. Looked like the results of a miniature cyclone in a miniature forest.

It didn't get all of them, and the blown over plants haven't died yet, but it's clear that only the strong survive around these parts!

I have since developed a different system - I put a couple of pieces of scotch tape on the lid to clamp it down to the tray now before I set it out. That seems to be working so far.

It's depressing that nothing but the tobacco has sprouted so far. the tobacco - both varieties - is thriving like weeds other than the blown over weaklings, but still nothing else.

I'll give it another week or two before I go ahead and order my all-white Tobacco Baron suit.


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have been humbled again. I really need to spend more time on my knees.

My garbage garden is not doing well at all. I spent a good amount of time with caring, weeding, and watering, with no results.

Yet the area where I dump the veggie waste is doing great. The stuff I touch requires a lot of care and attention, then dies. The area where I just throw it out and leave it to God, is growing well.

I think there may be a lesson in there somewhere.