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Greening up

06/05/2015 by Holly

Two fertilizer applications later…

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Things are looking better.

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Now what remains to be seen is if I’ve lost so much time that I will be in recovery mode for the rest of the summer…but we will see…it’s only the beginning of June.

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Boy, have I learned *a lot* already. And every banana peel or eggshell I’m tossing in the regular trash is mocking me. That’s right, throw these nutrients right on away. Not like you need them or anything.

{Yes, that voice totally sounds just like Banana Man.}

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A couple days ago, the 4 year old caught her daddy tossing one of her coloring pages into the trash.

She about lost herself.

The fit led to her first economics lesson: “scarcity drives up value.”

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{not the actual graph used in David’s lesson.} {and even googling this gave me economics class hives.}

As well-intentioned as it was heaving all that on Bitty E, it was this mama who really heard that lesson.

And it’s correct all right: if I get one pumpkin, butternut squash, zucchini or yellow bell pepper this year, it’s going to be the most valuable one this side of suburbia has ever seen.

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I'm Holly from zone 7b.
My veggies grow above ground where the rabbits help themselves, and the flowers grow in ground where the children help themselves. Sometimes I wish I was a pioneer. Then I move the clothes from the washer to the dryer and think better of it.

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