A Gardener's Diary

[Monksdream]

April 2-The weather conditions all day were hazy, with more humidity. It is a only a precursor of what's to come. I phoned Jerry about Thursday's order. He said bring 5 Cherokee Purple tomatoes right away. I collected them in a cardboard box and took the bus uptown. Jerry said he will be at this farmers market inside the Smelly Cat coffee lounge on Saturday. I told him I could harvest some lettuce plants and get on the 3 or 23 which makes a right turn at 36th. He said he'd think about it. Meanwhile, I'm taking 10 tomato plants and one each of the four lettuce varieties so he can show them to a chef.

The rest of the day was the usual. Digging up dirt for another 6ft timber. Coffee grinds from Starbucks. Up potting started plants.

I did put in 6 Green Syrian lettuce plants and an Eva Purple Ball tomato plant in the bed where Ali parks his SUV.

On the way home I dropped by the library to check email. I received one from Hannah, the chef at the Zia Pia. We arranged a time when she can drop by after the lunch rush on Thursday. Little does she know she has lucked into a vegetable gold mine.

The first Rosa Bianca eggplants will have to go into the soil next week. They're getting pot bound.