Organic rather than transgenetic.
Labor instead of chemicals.
Diversity in place of monoculture.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
redo
the bed at the iuncg that was planted with peppers wasn't sprouting anything but weeds so i went out to campus early this morning ( about 6:30 ) to see what could be done...i turned the bed under and established three compost hills on the north side...i planted five cucumber seeds in each hill ( second photo ) and now we wait to see if all of them germinate...traditional wisdom says three plants to a hill so there may be some thinning to do...i took a handful of pepper seeds ( third photo ) and planted them in a row down the center of the bed...i have clumsy fingers and dropped a few so there may be thinning going on there as well...finally along the south edge of the bed i planted kohlrabi ( yes i cheated and transplanted them but i could not locate the seeds had and i was at the garden center [it starts early too] to pickup compost and some other supplies so i bought nine plants ) so now there's another wait...they say gardening teaches patience...i am learning...but ever so slowly
an ex- industrial worker ( the continued automation of jobs, condensing of ownership, plant closings, trade wars, and degradation of living standards here has rendered me a former industrial worker...now just part-time lumpen proletariat) and university student (everyone needs a hobby...my hobbies have evolved and, to keep things straight, i have left my formal student career behind for reasons that are too detailed to delve into here...continuing to be a student of life however and not adverse to learning...stasis is death ) sliding down the back side of middle age...a social loner with collectivist leanings...explain that.
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