\nAs insurance, in the fall I planted sweet peas at my mom’s house as well as my community garden plot.
\nI neglected to water the sweet peas at my plot the entire month of March. I pulled those withered vines up a couple weeks ago.<\/p>\n
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But the family Sweet Pea Project is a rousing success. I plant them in her little raised bed Marty built, she waters them, cuts them. We both swoon over their scent.
\nThe sweet pea vines will be just about done producing when temperatures are warm enough to plant her raised bed with tomatoes for the summer family Tomato Project.
\nSounds diabolical of me, doesn’t it? I prefer to think of it as a healthy family symbiosis.<\/p>\n
(Way to go, Mom!)<\/p>\n
Scheming for more planting space is nothing new. As an apartment dweller, I once rented a neighbor’s empty backyard to a) keep my dog and b) plant cut flowers to sell to restaurants.
\nThe cut flower project barely paid for the seeds, but my dog had a place to stay two doors down, and old Al said the flowers reminded him of his wife’s garden, which had died with her.
\nNow that I lack both the time and energy (and water!), the neighbor’s yards are safe from my covetous gaze. <\/p>\n
So what’s going on this weekend? My weekend plans always start out full of amibition: work in the community garden, make it to Fullerton Arboretum’s Green Scene.<\/a> I know I never mention the weather unless it’s to complain, so for a change let me just say that it’s been stupendously beautiful. <\/big><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" thanks, Mom, for sending me home with sweet peas last night. As insurance, in the fall I planted sweet peas at my mom’s house as well as my community garden plot. I neglected to water the sweet peas at my … Continue reading
\nAnd I’d love to hit the Clarement Eclectic\/Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden<\/a> tour on Sunday too. And the Sunday flea market…two days is never enough.
\nKeep an eye on Dates to Remember<\/a> for more upcoming sales and tours.<\/p>\n
\nSoft breezes, mild sunshine, the scent of jasmine everywhere, almost overpowering when stopped at traffic lights near medians planted with star jasmine.
\nHave a great weekend.<\/p>\n