Filed under: garden, last green valley | Tags: arugula, asparagus, broccoli, fall creek farm, Farmers Market, garden, Pomfret, putnam, weather
Photographed above is the arugula and asparagus I purchased from the Putnam Farmers’ Market last week. A woman from Fall Creek Farm told me that the asparagus was the last of the season! I made asparagus parmigiano a couple of times and I am looking forward to doing so again next year.
The flowers are picked from my own garden but are, unfortunetly, not a sign of my ability to grow flowers. They are a sign that I am unable to grow broccoli. A combination of early heat and recent rain made half of my broccoli bloom and the other half not develop at all.
Filed under: college, garden, last green valley | Tags: Bennington College, Farmers Market, politics, racism, sexism, gardens, parenting, peas, sun, broccoli, deer, green thumb, class, invasive species, sibling rivalry, patents, grass, border patrol, hardiness, perennials, mock orange, weather, bolting, hemlock, houseplants, poison ivy, the logical song, supertramp
Soundtrack includes The Logical Song by Supertramp.
Every time I plant something I learn why I should not have planted it. Sometimes I do not have the resources or skills to successfully grow it. Other times I have been informed that certain species or garden techniques go against some sort of moral decree. Below I have outlined some of the major problems.
POLITICAL ISSUES
With roses, one must decide between disease or brevity, class or caste.
I have been indoctrinated into believing in invasive species, and, until recently, have never thought to consider opposing views.
I do not support sexism. or racism. or excessive rivalry between siblings.
I don’t want to support plant patenting.
Is it better to keep off the grass or to rethink grass?
PRACTICAL ISSUES
I am unable to grow anything that absolutely needs full sun, because I do not have it.
A borderless garden, for one previously explained reason.
Any plant requiring warm, tropical temperatures.
I do not have the money for many desired perennials.
I am constantly wondering whether the plants that I do feel are worth purchasing are not impostors.
Local farmers’ markets are now convenient. The nearest is a five minute drive after work and opens when I am released.
PERSONAL ISSUES
The weather never cooporates and my leafy greens have difficulty germinating. Those that germinate bolt.
The west plot of the garden has been left undisturbed in order to protect a hemlock in the final years of its demise.
Houseplants can not be expected to survive in my parents’ care.
I have become entirely too familiar with certain species.
The Bennington curriculum!
Filed under: garden, last green valley | Tags: Farmers Market, garden, Pomfret
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