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Hard-ly a Vegetable

~ Jim Flanigan

Yep, I grew this carrot in our vegetable garden this summer.

No, it wasn’t hard. I didn’t have to stimulate its growth at all. It faced some stiff challenges in May & June with very poor weather, but I believe it was inured and hardened by the experience. You may think I’m making a big deal out of this and stroking my ego, but it’s not like I want to erect a monument to it. I’m just rigid in my belief that it is quite an accomplishment.

Alright, that’s all for now. I have to return to my grade school playground to make poopie jokes about the teacher.

Plant News

~ Jim Flanigan

I Ate a Hairy Ball

~ Jim Flanigan

I have been fascinated by hairy balls this past summer. I allowed some vine to grow in my vegetable garden, and it continually sprouted little hairy balls. And then they disappeared. I finally figured out that most likely the local deer visited and ate them. Once  I put 2 & 2 together (4, right?), I threw some netting over one of the fuzzy spheres and hoped that would give it a fighting chance to grow into Jim food rather than Bambi food. It worked! Soon I had one larger hairy ball hanging down.

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