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bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2011-08-29 11:38 am
bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2011-08-29 11:38 am
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Thunderbolts and Lightning
It’s been a bit dodgy trying to weed the garden the last few days, what with the way I start out under a blazing sun and then fifteen minutes later a thunderstorm rolls in. But hey, at least I don’t have to water it!*
The tomatoes continue their world domination plan, and I’ve got some pole beans along for the ride now. Even the corn is starting to cornify. And the other kind of pole beans, the ones that are still red flowers, are attracting hummingbirds! I wound up hanging out with one the other day as it hovered around being all RED IS THE BEST FLAVOR. I always liked the hummingbirds when we’d put out the feeders on the deck back in the day,** so it’s nice to see them around again.
I am having more fun with this garden. Makes me wish I’d started one years ago!
*I don’t mind watering—I just turn the sprinklers on—except for the nagging anxiety that I’ll forget to turn it back off, and the next thing I’ll know Al Gore’s hired goons will smash down my door with a Shop Vac and suck all the moisture out of my body to replace what I wasted.
**Especially since they haven’t yet figured out that they are tiny. Somewhere in that genetic memory is the knowledge that their ancestors were Tyrannosaurus rex or Utahraptor, and they are pretty sure they still look like that only now they can fly. So if you normally have a hummingbird feeder out and neglect to refill it, you will have a bird the size of your thumb hovering in your face all, BITCH WHERE’S MY DINNER? It’s hilarious.
The tomatoes continue their world domination plan, and I’ve got some pole beans along for the ride now. Even the corn is starting to cornify. And the other kind of pole beans, the ones that are still red flowers, are attracting hummingbirds! I wound up hanging out with one the other day as it hovered around being all RED IS THE BEST FLAVOR. I always liked the hummingbirds when we’d put out the feeders on the deck back in the day,** so it’s nice to see them around again.
I am having more fun with this garden. Makes me wish I’d started one years ago!
*I don’t mind watering—I just turn the sprinklers on—except for the nagging anxiety that I’ll forget to turn it back off, and the next thing I’ll know Al Gore’s hired goons will smash down my door with a Shop Vac and suck all the moisture out of my body to replace what I wasted.
**Especially since they haven’t yet figured out that they are tiny. Somewhere in that genetic memory is the knowledge that their ancestors were Tyrannosaurus rex or Utahraptor, and they are pretty sure they still look like that only now they can fly. So if you normally have a hummingbird feeder out and neglect to refill it, you will have a bird the size of your thumb hovering in your face all, BITCH WHERE’S MY DINNER? It’s hilarious.