after an energizing breakfast of apples and sunflower seeds washed down with enough green tea to swamp a small boat... i took to the basement and started today's first garden project...( the weather is fine enough that i will be able to dig some jerusalem artichokes up...i suspect ther ewill be a seperate post about that...if for no other reason than i cannot upload more than five photos per blog and i am a freak for graphic illustration)...i got out the heat mat and cover, soaked some peat pellets, put a mix of compost and spaghnam moss in to some peat pots, and started twenty tomato plants....they're under the grow light now, keeping the apple trees ( which appear to be much happier plants under the new regimine) company...i'll give it a week or better to see how many take and start more if need be...i have some half-barrels i had earmarked ( is that a non-politically correct term now?) for tomatoes, but if all these take hold i believe i will be searching for some sunny spot out front to hold them...it's legal to grow tomatoes in the front yard, right? as long as we steer clear of the lawn mower it should be fine...these are all gowing at home...the campus garden will be home to some winter wheat and annual root crops because it has more work to do beyond just producing things to eat...home will have the variety...the university will have the thought ( and the writing )...more stuff after i get all muddy digging up tubers.
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