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Every Friday morning at 9am I listen to the Gestalt Gardener on Mississippi Public Broadcasting (our affiliate of NPR.) The Gestalt Gardener is Felder Rushing, a horticulturalist. He calls himself an old hippie, but really he just looks more like a past- middle- aged- man who needs a shave and a haircut.
So! Felder says on his program you can buy a bag of potting soil and plant seeds in it and voila! None of that pesky digging in the dirt and hoeing and that dreadful stuff. Gullible me listened and made the 50 mile round trip to the nearest Wallymart. (Gas $7.00.)There I purchased a bag of garden soil with slow release fertilizer for $5.99. Then I got a packet of cucumber seeds--99 cents.
(While perusing the seed packets picked up $5.00 worth of morning glory seed, and some chive and parsley seed, another two bucks, but I'm not even counting that in the cuke total.)
Lugged the soil home and split the bag down the middle and planted the cuke seeds. Watered frequently. The cuke vines sprang up lush and beautiful. I put the bag next to the post on the carport so they'd have something to climb on. This weekend I went out and it looks as if a cat or some critter has gotten into the middle of my cukes and wallowed around in there, flattening most of the plants.
Picked up some Miracle Grow for $1.00 at a yard sale and soused them with that. They are blooming, and one little cuke has made an appearance. So far that lone cuke has cost me $15.00--not to mention the time, water and concern over them. Grrrr-next year I'll buy my cukes at a fruit stand and listen to Felder with a lot less credulity!
Bye y'all, susil
