Ah, Texas. I just had one of the contractor's guys ask very, very politely if he might have a few of the Thai Peppers growing outside my back door. Please, ma'am. Might I have 4? I didn't grow any this year...
The pepper plants are, ahem, prolific. I happily gave some away (they're still unripe and green, but they're already hot.)
And then a friend brought a sprig of catnip with her to dinner. Kili is now ensconced on a chair where the kitten can't get at her easily, sitting on her catmint, stoned as can be.
She also brought her latest round of plotting for the extra back yard I have... perhaps a trellis shaped like a quonset hut, for squash and melons, convertible to a hoop house for some things like citrus that can't take the coldest parts of winter? And what do I think of a fig tree? Or pallet gardening?
...I think these plans are more than my remaining shoulder and knee can handle. But together, together we can take on the world! Muahahaha!
(Okay, the world of gardening. In north texas. in our yards. Take on, at least. Conquering remains to be seen...)
Soo... We're going to be ah... Assembling these for y'all? :-D
ReplyDeleteWe'll get to that once we've finished layout and soil sampling negotiations. But I'm envision a smaller-scale, several-year buildup. If we went whole-hog the first time round, my goodness, that's be contractor territory. Because I'm not going to do that to my friends!
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