Back to our regularly scheduled program…

Yeah, okay, so I post a bunch of political grousing and get like 400 hits or something (who reads this? I have no idea…). But I really didn’t intend this as a political blog, so much.

The more urgent issue I’m facing is that something is totally chowing on my eggplant. In fact, I argue that this issue is far more pressing than anything to do with the mayor’s race because (1) I am the only one who can do something about it and (2) I can have a far greater impact in my garden than with my one measly vote next week. Here’s the scene of the crime:

 

  

A dastardly deed, indeed…

I searched the entire plant for the culprit, but came up snake eyes. So I’m trying the boyfriend’s tried-and-true wood ashes solution (good thing I still haven’t cleaned out the fireplace, huh?).

Otherwise, the cocozelle and the eggplant are both growing as if I’d given them steroids. The cocozelle had a huge yellow flower on it this morning. I’m worried that these two plants are going to overrun each other. As you can see in the pic below, the cukes, pepper, and tomatoes are all doing well, too.

 

You know, it’s gratifying to watch all this stuff grow..but in the back of my mind, I wonder if I’ll actually get any produce out of all this work. Since I’ve never been much of a gardener, I keep expecting to walk out one morning and find that all the plants have turned brown and died. Other people make it look so easy…and it’s not like it’s a lot of hard labor…but it’s more that I just keep expecting the whole thing to tank because of my lack of authentic green-thumb credentials or something.

Anyway, the other good news is that the cherry tomatoes have sprouted (and this time, they’re safe in my kitchen, so whatever mouse or bird ate the last ones can’t get these…yet.)