Peas, Please

Due to the overwhelming number of requests from Fondly, Sam readers who were inspired by the previous post about seedlings, here is a photo of peas in our garden.



Traci, Nick, and Jonas planted the seeds while I was in Argentina. Besides the plants themselves, there are two interesting facts about this photo.

FACT: The seeds are from Wisconsin, from Jung's garden and seed store near Madison. During our visit to my parents earlier this year, we stopped at the Jung's store and bought some wonderful seeds, including red carrots and scarlet red sunflowers with white tips. My mom bought us watermelon seeds - the skin of the watermelons will be purple with white spots. So, look forward to more cool garden photos.

FACT: In the photo, the white flower petals on the ground are from a plum tree, which we bought as an apricot tree. The apricot branch was grafted on to a plum tree root. The apricot part died, but the plum part lives on, and grows kinda wild and out of control. But we like that, because it provides a natural block to the neighbors. The plum tree is next to the stump of a Japanese maple that died because the same neighbors thought it would be a good idea to drain their hot tub (full of chemicals) onto their lawn, where the toxic water quickly ran into our yard and pooled at the base of the Japanese maple. The maple drank the poison, and died a slow, painful death. And while I don't wish the same on the neighbors, I do wish that they would be more considerate. And smarter. And that they would move.

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IN OTHER NEWS
I had a migraine headache this evening, and as I was throwing up I thought of the Seinfeld show where Jerry was vomit-free for eight years and was about to break his streak. Wouldn't it be great to throw up only once every eight years? I wish that I was as cool as Jerry.