I don't have a "growing shit" topic, but maybe I should. I mean, I grow things every couple of years, right? Meh.
I do like growing things. I didn't get the flower-bed gene from my mom and grandfather, but definitely the gene for wanting to grow things in season and such is alive and well. I also think it's cool to grow plants that are in their habitat, which is why I'm into citrus trees despite the fact that I don't really like citrus. I mean, lemons are multi-purpose because you can use their juice and zest in cooking, but oranges? I just hope to have lots of friends that like oranges. I may try an avocado tree next - they're also semi-local. And avocados are amazing.
Okay, I'm going to break this page up - too much chatter about fruits by a nut for the home page. Do check back later though, because I'm about to spend my afternoon doing some super-secret awesomeness that you'll want to read about. You know, in a few days when I update about it.
I also tossed a jalapeno into some dirt yesterday and Casey and I repeated our tomato planting from a few years back. We did well with the tomatoes back then, so that's cool. The Topsy-Turvy thing that CJ used died of sun rot, though. Maybe I'll get a hanging pot for the hook that it was on. What goes in hanging pots?
It seems really pointless to plant things like tomatoes when I'm going to be out of town until August, but if I didn't do it, it'd feel even less like I lived here and more like I was a transient in my own life. Touring is lame for just that reason. So get in touch with Casey in a few weeks if you want a tomato or two. I don't think we'll get viable oranges this year, but you never know - my first orange tree did it.
It's funny, my lemon tree has so few leaves that I'm not sure how it's producing fruit, but there it is, almost as many lemons as leaves. I should probably make a point to learn about pruning trees, since I've got them now. Maybe some reading up on the subject this weekend will help me. And the orange tree is a "dwarf" washington orange tree, which means it's only supposed to get to 8'-12' high. Only. Let's hope I don't have a 12' tree to move in a couple years when my landlord finally succeeds in deposing us. I'd just plant it as a reminder of whose house this *really* is.
