A victory garden that is!
I've resolved to start taking better notes about the garden this year, mostly because it ends up being such a big part of how I spend my time over the summer. Well, also because I care so much about the environment and food security and local eating and stuff. Okay, and also because I like to gloat about my spectacular victories at the fair last year (nine ribbons! seven firsts! best in show: fruits, vegetables and nuts!!!).
So indulge me - I'll probably only mention it once a week and probably on Saturdays when no one visits blogs anyways.
Today we got some new fruit trees, a cherry, plum and olive as well as some raspberry canes. We probably won't get very much fruit off them this year. I planted an entire stir-fry: pak choi, sui choi and green onions. I'm excited about the pear tree because it's covered in blossoms this year and it has only ever produced one pear before.
While I was turning over the beds I found the skeletons of two dead rats sheltered together beneath the newspaper. Aside from a bit of dried skin on their scaly tails, the bugs had picked them clean. They were contorted in positions that suggested an agonizing death. One day I hope they make a rat poison that just makes them go to sleep very peacefully.
I buried them in the lawn without taking a picture. For quite a while afterward my shovel would scrape up against things - rocks, dried leaves - and make a high-pitched squeal that really creeped me out.
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