I have (had) no idea. One zucchini seedling just started shriveling, one of its two first leaves (that aren’t actually leaves, I know) and then the other. Now it’s gone. And then one of its littermates followed. Fine. Be that way. I’ll just plant MORE. In fact, I planted three. Research tells me the culprit […]
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And that’s part of the problem–on a lovely (because it exists, not because of the weather, which is HOT) weekend, the possibilities are endless–so they can wait. There are boundaries, of course, of time and money and weather (did I mention it’s HOT?) and the current pandemic–but within those boundaries, I still could never name
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I mean, not that I really got far into it. But three of my four zucchini plants died, and the last one still hasn’t even put out a female flower that I can tell. My tomato plants are stumbling along, but I’ve only seen one flower from four plants. Caterpillars got my carrots, though a
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Sometimes I’ve got the Christmas spirit. It comes and goes. Most of the time, I really just don’t. I think I need a few days off before I have to do something else, but I don’t get to do that. Whine, whine…it bites when the spirit abandons you when you’ve barely wrapped any presents. But
I had a lot of plans for when I (finally!) turned my book in. Just like I always do. I would read! I would write for fun! I would edit! I would go to movies and do things and life would be marvelous! I’m…working on it. After so long of trying NOT to do all
It was the year I was afraid to look away from the news. It was the year I bought a house, then Republicans did whatever they did to make sure I received no financial boost from being a homeowner. It was the year my dog had cancer again. The surgery cost $2000 and the vet
Not to be confused with the Never Ending Story. That’s something different.* The never-ending battle is the fight to get something, anything, done when all I really have the energy to do is wander around watching cat videos and reading cool science articles. Fellow Turtleducker Siri the Amazing (She works! She knits! She dances, and
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