I’m NOT a failure. I discovered today that I have NOT been a failure for the past SEVENTEEN YEARS!
When we first moved here, and I started the gardens, I tried to grow morning glories, so that they would grow up over wild shrubs and give us more color during the summer. I scarred or cracked the shell of the seed. I soaked them overnight. I tried strewing seed in November so that they would start naturally in the spring. Nothing I did seemed to work.
I assumed that I had done something wrong. Not once in all that time have I been able to get morning glories to grow in my gardens.
Well, this year, I bought two pots of them, already started. One was a smaller plant, the other was a 6 or 8″ pot that had several plants started. I took them out to the east driveway garden and planted them. Both had something to climb, and lots of mulch around them. I watered them every other day.
Today, as I drove by on the way to the garage, I looked over at the garden and something was missing. The supports were all there. The mulch was there…..
But, where there SHOULD have been two healthy growing morning glories…..NOTHING!
Some wretched furry creature has eaten seventeen years of morning glories right to the ground! Some miserable varmint had himself a great salad last night! There’s NOTHING left….of about six plants.
I need to think about this. I wonder if there’s anyway to get around the darned critter? At least now I know that I am not a failure as a gardener!
Daily Archives: June 8, 2006
The Simple Things in Life
I tried something new to me, but old to almost everyone else, today.
I am a tea drinker. I drink hot tea and iced tea. If I’m drinking iced tea, I prefer Lipton’s Black, mixed with Tazo “Awake” black tea. If I’m drinking hot tea, it’s Lipton’s Black, or a variety of other teas, such as Earl Gray, English Breakfast Tea, Darjeeling, or occasionally black tea flavored with a hint of orange. I don’t usually care for fruit teas, except for one apricot tea that’s lovely on a cold evening. I don’t care for herbal tea, either. I just want plain black tea that is brewed strong.
I probably have twenty kinds of tea in the cabinet. My family must think I’m difficult to buy for, because I frequently get gifts of tea. I don’t mind. It’s the perfect gift. One of my nieces has also created a collection for me of one and two-cup tea pots and cups. The most recent one has a Japanese look. It’s cast iron and sits on a small round cup meant for a warming candle or Sterno can.
So…back to today. I have heard it suggested that rather than water your drink down with ice cubes, you can freeze what you plan to drink in ice cube trays. When you add the ice cubes to your drink, it doesn’t get diluted!
I tried it today. What a simple idea! I can’t believe that I haven’t done it long before this. I have iced tea, with iced tea cubes, and my tea is still as strong as when I brewed it.
Go try it. Iced coffee, Iced lemonade….hmmmmmmm I don’t think alcohol will freeze….