Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Take Two

posted by lizzie    « 2 Comments »    tied to Uncategorized   

After allowing our little garden to remain fallow for a few weeks, we finally got around to planting again. We added a missing ingredient–vermiculite–to the soil, so our plants will always have enough water and will grow big and strong. And hopefully not take five months to produce fruit. If all goes as planned, we will have two tomato plants, two pepper plants, two basil plants, four cilantros, four lettuces, and nine snow pea vines. We are especially anxious about the peas. Last time, if you recall, they shot right up and looked so beautiful and then withered and died a slow and agonized death. Hopefully the vermiculite will make all the difference.

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  1. Sarah says:
    August 18, 2006 at 8:30 pm

    Uh, what is vermiculite? I’m thinking it’s some kind of fertilizer, but it sounds like a cross between vermin and cellulite. Please tell me it has nothing to do with either of those.

  2. liz&micah says:
    August 22, 2006 at 8:58 pm

    Vermiculite is a soil additive that both helps in aeration and keeping the soil moist. I don’t know what it is made out of, but it looks like dirt, only it has sparklies in it, too.

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