whoa. what a big melt. the daisies have new shoots. (and here i've been indoors picking fallen palm flowers from the rug, with tweezers.) it's like. it's like... it's like half grass, half snow. w/chunks of ice. very unusually ... early! so, gave water, threw leaves, covered with snow. (not the fly) Arecaceae (palm) | Asteraceae (daisies)
haven't always been a bird watcher. still am not, in a binocular kind of deliberate way. yet when they appear in astounding visions, like noisy goose caravans, or (not seen this one before!) northern flicker, what a spectacle. just watched. there used to be a hairy woodpecker that caught bugs tap tap tap always, at nap times.
it took probably 20-25 hours of labour, got a quarter bucket. at a low minimum wage, it's $200/pound. the final sprouts were the cutest. so, opted for a kilo of mung beans at store: $15. it snowed and melted twice. deep leaves, ladybugs burrowing all over. a new moon. coulda planted earlier (was mid-july). woulda got more potatoes. shoulda put it in more sun (just 2-4 hours a day). the soil was so-so. shoulda not covered plant when condo-ing... maybe next year.
also, difficult: the vertical garden w/ pallet. |
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