I’m not a fan of God’s littlest creepy-crawlers. My brothers were well aware of this fear and routinely tossed garter snakes in my direction. I responded by running, screaming and crying to Mom, which was their goal. Torture was having to pick potato bugs from the potato plants in Mom’s big garden. I trembled and gagged and cried, and still had to pick them. Yes, an abused childhood for sure.
Anyhoo, after the basil bugs (picture me shuddering), I gave up completely on tomatoes and brought my herb gardening venture inside. I had some success for a couple of years, but this past winter nothing would grow in my bright, sun-filled morning room. So—a return to the outdoors.
The basil and sage I planted from seed are finally sprouting, but the rosemary sent up one shoot which quickly shriveled in the cruel South Carolina heat. The cilantro, parsley and others are no-shows. I gave up and bought full, beautiful pots of oregano, marjoram and thyme from the farmer’s market—and after two days on the patio they were laid out like the death scene in Romeo and Juliet.
Recently, MSNBC aired a story about a man in India who had a 5-inch worm swimming around in his eyeball. (Want to see it? Seriously, you do? Here’s the link. Don’t eat first.) http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc.com/48060270/#48060270.
The man told doctors he must have gotten the worm while gardening.
I’m thinking dried herbs are good enough.
My cilantro went to seed before I even got any of it. LOL And so did the parsley.
ReplyDeleteIt's the earwigs I ABHOR!
Earwigs? What in the world are those? This gardening stuff is harder than it looks!
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ReplyDeleteI have one plant that manages to live no matter what I do to it. It's a calla lily. It can be wilted and drooping and one glass of water will revive it. Of course, it hasn't bloomed since the first blooms (which were already blooming when I got the plant). We tried tomatoes a couple of times. They would grow beautifully, but just shy of becoming ripe, the bugs would get them everytime. We gave up.
In our first home I had a row of plants in the bay window. They were beautiful! Then along came kids, who knocked down the few plants that survived my neglect once I had three kids under four. And I haven't been able to grow plants since!
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