Quarantine Chronicles: Come What May

Yesterday was glorious! The sun. The heat. It might seem like everything was normal again—but, it’s not. I was talking with my neighbor and I asked him what all that banging around back there (points to his backyard) was all about. He said, he figured he had all this time right now and was talking to some fellow colleagues and they all started gardens. So, he decided to give it a go by building some raised beds and acquiring a spreadsheet with instructions. Apparently if you search for ‘garden spreadsheet’, a ton of different people have these available. Who knew? I can tell you, I didn’t.

I kill everything. From flowers to succulents, you give me a plant of any kind, I guarantee you, I will murder the hell out of it. I did not inherit this from my mom or my family. My mom is a magical horticulturist. I’ve seen her take the deadest plant and bring it back to life. I’ve seen her cultivate Japanese maples like it was her job. It’s pretty amazing. While my mom was making hybrid-colored roses growing up, she and my dad also maintained a vegetable garden. If there is anything this little pandemic has taught us is to utilize time wisely and who needs the grocery store when organic is freshly picked from your backyard.

For some of you, this may be a new adventure. I thought I’d help out, since I can only grow what’s in my wine glass, by providing some veggies and flowers that are perfect for planting at this time. So, get to growing!