Betty and I celebrated my 80th birthday yesterday in pandemic style.
We had over 450 "plant friends," including over 100 Roma tomatoes, over 90 Fourth of July, over 80 Rutger, 40 sweet 100's, 40 early girls, 35 super beefsteak, 30 California wonder peppers, 60 sweet banana peppers. Just yesterday, 19 sunflowers were the last of the pack to leave our basement grow lights.
What a bonus to have such a circle of plant friends. If 150 friends make a village, we have three villages worth of plant friends who plan to stay most of the summer, some of them even until the frost comes.
Since according to the circle-of-friends theory Betty and I have together 7 hours or 420 minutes of "befriending time" to spend each day that means each of these plants can get about 1 minute a day, or 30 minutes a month. That is better than the twenty minutes per month they would get if they were in the outer 50 good friends circle as human friends. Saving all that time from close human friends and supportive friends has really widened our circle of good friends.
Unfortunately, they are mainly fair-weather good friends, but they leave very delicious, canned products when they depart in the fall. We are still working through our canned tomatoes from last year and will be probably to the end of this year. Of course, we spend a lot of time in the nursery with them in February, March and April. So. they are with us most of the year. O well, another year, another three villages of plant friends! Life goes on.
All plants and flowers bless the Lord! Praise and exalt God above all forever!
The Birthday Party Photo
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Happy birthday, Jack! Those look like wonderful friends! My anxiety levels go down when I have the herbs and flowers in. Also enjoying the family of robins who are feeding nestlings in the bittersweet vine on the pergola.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a production! And neat and clean, too. Very impressive.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Jack! I'm very impressed with you and Betty's plant nursery.
ReplyDeleteSo impressed by the picture, I forgot to wish you a happy birthday, Jack. Happy 80th, Jack! Pleased to know you.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Jack! Your tomato garden is truly impressive. I grow grape tomatoes in a large pot on my deck, and herbs in pots also. That’s the extent of my summer garden. But at least there is a farmer’s market every week until the end of October in our town.
ReplyDeleteI love the farmers market. We have a really nice one with lots of variety. I buy beef locally grown and processed, but got sticker shock a couple weeks ago. We don't eat much red meat, but it had gone up 50 percent. The farmer said he will be adding a few goats to see if people will buy it.
DeleteJack, happy birthday! I'm equally impressed as the others by your nursery operation.
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