Rain Rain Go Away

Oh my gawd.  It’s been raining for 12 days straight!  I can’t take it anymore.  Tomorrow I’m going to have to resort to the old stand-bys: rain dances & children’s songs.  Augh!  Stop already! 

Il Orto 2008

cipolla.jpgWell, here you go, folks: the full documentary of the 2008 garden! (view fullscreen – press F11)

Well, perhaps I should say “part one: tilling & seeding” of the 2008 garden documentary.

It’s raining here today and is supposed to rain all weekend, which will be good for my freshly planted produce! 

We put in quite a variety this year: mint, basil, chives, sage, rosemary, parsley, two kinds of tomatoes (cuore di bue and plum), four kinds of peppers, an eggplant, two kinds of zucchini (standard and trombette – A climbing Italian squash that produces long trumpet shaped lime green fruit and tastes similar to a mild artichoke), pumpkins (for Halloween), onions, spring onions, four kinds of lettuce (different mescluns), and of course we have our prize-winning artichokes.

I also planted some flowers and am hoping for a hedge of giant zinnia…though the seeds don’t seem to be doing much yet.  I have say I’m quite attached to this little patch of earth.  Everyday after work I go out and putter around in the orto (garden).  It seems there’s always something to do – pull weeds, water, check up on things…After ten hours in front of a computer this puttering time is very theraputic.

Tomorrow is Another Day

Emerging from my state of blogging passivity, I was all geared up to tell you all about our great new garden – but am so tired, I’ll have to do it tomorrow…

In quick news, my new contacts with increased seeing-power finally arrived – it is so surprising to be able to see all this detail!  It’s a new world. 

adieu!

Oopla

Our computer’s USB ports no longer work.  Oops.  I think it’s because I didn’t install the software of my new mp3 player before charging it.  So that’s why I haven’t been posting lately–we have an external modem (umm, ok, soo 1999)–and needless to say, it connects to our computer via the USB port.  Trying to repair it…

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