hehehehheh

to add insult to injury, the soil in dc is abysmal. all my peppers and tomatoes got fungus.

you’re better off planting in pots

Second, though the same Urban Gardners might cringe to hear me say this, gardening isn’t always a strict science with soil ph levels and 6.5 hours of sun, etc. I made a garden in my former backyard on 11th St, right next to the Bohemian Caverns parking lot (and spent the first month sifting cig butts and baby shoes out of the dirt). The garden snob at the store on 14th refused to sell me top soil because I had “too much clay to ever grow anything in it.” I planted anyway and spent all summer eating fresh tomatoes, jalapenos, and tons of herbs, and enjoyed flowers galore. The tomatoes were in sun all day, laying against a hot metal shed, and didn’t fry up. In other words, you never know what’ll work until you just plant it, water it, and see what happens.

1. Salad Greens, such as leaf lettuce, arugula, endive, cress, and radicchio
2. Broccoli
3. Cauliflower
4. Peas
5. Beets
6. Brussels Sprouts
7. Radishes
8. Swiss Chard
9. Leafy Greens, such as collards, mustard greens, spinach, and kale
10. Beans

From In the Garden Online

lighten up francis.

I can only hope that you will join with us in condemning Monsignor Poo-Poo for his atrocious and thoroughly unsavory comments regarding Ms. Greenthumb (above). Were I not one of the foremost proponents of free speech, I would urge the Prince himself to excommunicate ‘Johnny Poo’ (as his repugnant associates and toadies are wont to term him) into the fetid dregs of the blogosphere.

Take your misogyny, Sir Poo, and vanish hence; seek the fraternity of likeminded micreants, hide your face – or attendant ‘avatar,’ as the case may be – and bury it in the sands of infamy. (My personal recommendation would be either the barren plains of the DCist or the ragged politicizing of CityDesk.)

Sputum & condolences,

T&B
(Men of Letters)