2011 – Last night, January 30, I planted seeds, a hare-brained act of hope.\u00a0 Green Buttercrunch, Red Velvet loose-leaf, Speckled Trout Romaine lettuces, Piracicaba broccoli, bok choi and parsley, improbable bits of almost nothing, each with a spark of life.\u00a0 I hope.\u00a0 I think.\u00a0 I feel the village idiot, a tad, sitting at a table pressing tiny specks into soil-filled plastic cells with cold, snow-covered January a few feet away outside the window.<\/p>\n
I set the flat under the grow-light I bought last year.\u00a0 In a second flat I’ll plant a second round of seeds in a week or so.\u00a0 I’m growing lettuce for two to eat, not one to sell, so I’ll space the plantings out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2011 – Last night, January 30, I planted seeds, a hare-brained act of hope.\u00a0 Green Buttercrunch, Red Velvet loose-leaf, Speckled Trout Romaine lettuces, Piracicaba broccoli, bok choi and parsley, improbable bits of almost nothing, each with a spark of life.\u00a0 … Continue reading