Gracie the Gardener Cat

Hey friends!

As we allow time for some things to grow, I'd like to introduce you to Eugene's housemate, Gracie the Gardener Cat...

Yes. A normal looking feline, you say.

Always ready for a pet or purr.

You know... A cat.

But...

When you have seedlings...

And place them before her...

Something happens.

A communion.

And soon...

Everything changes...

Some might call this merely a cat sniffing something that wasn't there before.

We call it feline / basil transference...

Just sayin'.

More soon...

Stay tuned...

Door Frame Pencil Marks

Hey, friends...

Here are some photos of where things are...

The sun and the potatoes are in full force.

Red beet seedlings!

Watermelon that we started from seed!

Carrots coming up! Our friend Arthur planted these. I think he did a great job.

Bush beans that Simon and Richard planted. Yeah, Man!

And now...

the first shots of this blog's namesake...

planted by our friend Richard...

yes....

Are you ready?

We present to you....

The

Intimidating

Wall

of

Corn!!!

(a little perspective for you...the marigold is actually 8 feet tall)

(not really)

One of the master gardeners with a gift from Arthur, Simon, and Richard...

So things are looking good.

Hope all are well!

Dinner will be served in about two months... :)

- Mike

Where Does One Start?

What makes two grown men - one from the North, one from the South, one young, one old, one straight, one gay come together to plant their first garden? In Spring '09 Mike Ostroski and Eugene Wolf combined forces to see how gardens work. A little background...

Times were hard in Spring '09. Matters of the heart. So we plowed up the earth. Dig it or don't. We did. We chose the backyard of the gay man. Gay people know how to grow things. As luck would have it the man who lived in the house prior had planted a garden in the yard years before. We could see where it was. So we borrowed his tiller and tilled in the exact spot. A garden template.

We learned a lot. Like...groundhogs love your garden. A dog will snap a groundhog's neck. Abingdon, VA is overrun with groundhogs. Tomatoes will rot. Beans have to be picked. Those sorts of things.

Well, here it is Spring '10 and we've planted for another year. Peppers, corn, potatoes, peppers, eggplant, green beans, peppers, dill, chamomile, marigolds, nasturtium, peppers, beet, kale and chamomile (because one's gay) and BLACK AZTEC SWEET CORN. We're guarding the garden closely (see below.)

Tune in tomorrow...