buses, bugs, and beatrices

blue sky at the capitol. me: waiting and waiting around for the bus when i finally realize that i have seen no buses for the 20 minutes that i have sat there. the capitol square is always filled with buses. i cannot believe i didn't notice their absence sooner!

so, instead, i start walking. i will ignore the 30 pound backpack i am carrying.

abandoned transportation...

leisure time at the park...

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next: garden update.
we were last at the garden two days ago (i think) and in that time, so much has changed (well, grown... and... appeared)


the biggest news: little green beanlets!

cute huh?! two days ago, they were invisible. today, they are inches tall!

the cilantro. looking healthy as ever...

these are the "three beatrices"...

they are flower beds. currently only the last one contains flowers (flax from seed). the middle one contained melon plants which were destroyed in the last big storm. well, maybe they're growing under there, who knows, but they certainly don't act like it on this side of the soil. which is currently the main problem with the three beatrices: the soil. the soil is not soil at all, but mud. which is why the melon plants went nowhere after it rained, and why the flax's growth is stunted and why the three beatrices remain virtually weed free. this is something we need to work on.




our potato plants. the same ones i was sure would never make it: (i suppose we still have to wait for the finished product. that is... blight is still a possibility!)

also, a closer look at the leaves tells us that something is getting a lot of its potato nutrients from our potato plants...

bite marks.

we knew this was happening the last time we were out so it was not a surprise. still though... we had to hunt for the little buggers and remove them from the premises.

so friendly looking... why must he make things difficult?


on a less buggy note (though, you might see a little black bug if you look closely), the soybeans are doing incredibly well. just look at the size of that leaf!

and our lettuces also continue to grow and grow. which, yes... should not be a big surprise... but i'm honestly sort of amazed each time i go there and see the stuff growing because we really have no clue what we're doing.

the end!