16 Apr 2015
Minor Independence Days update
Late yesterday afternoon, just when I thought I could sit down and write until our dinner guests arrived, I heard an odd noise through the open back door. It was the sound of my shallot and Kalette seedlings blowing off the steps where they were taking the air and landing upside down on the patio. So in addition to everything else I planted yesterday, I had to scramble to get the poor, crumpled seedlings into the ground. It was a few days early for the shallots, as they hadn’t had enough time to harden off properly, and very premature for the Kalettes. Those were supposed to be transplanted in mid-May to ensure a fall harvest! Since they’d grown to transplant size much faster than I’d anticipated, I may just start another batch and have two harvests of one of my favorite vegetables.
And while I was in a transplanting frenzy, I got the first batch of parsley into a half-barrel on the patio, where I can easily cover it if need be.
Needless to say, no writing was accomplished, no words were accomplished.
Soon I’ll go out and check how the “babies” are doing. Many of the seedlings, especially the leggy Kalettes, looked dubiously viable after their faceplant.