Damn you, seed catalogs...

[prisoner_24601]

Why are you so sexy? How can you make growing heirloom onions from seeds sound like a good idea, when I know damn well that it's a complete pain in the ass? How can you make it seem like I'll be missing out on something completely awesome if I don't grow my own bush beans this year, or try to grow at least four different kinds of salad greens? When did growing my own leeks become necessary?

If my spring crop of garlic and shallots grows even half of what I planted in the fall, I'm not going to have to worry about vampires for the rest of my life. Yet, here I am again, with the intention of doing a small garden this summer, but I just know that that's not going to happen. By the time I get done reading all of my seed catalogs and planning out my vegetable beds, I know I'm going to order too much stuff, just like I did last time. And now, instead of planning my garden to fit into the small amount of space that I have, I'm trying to figure out where I can build a couple of new raised beds in the spring so I can fit sugar snap peas and spinach in amongst all of the tomato plants.

It's probably a good thing that we just rent this house, otherwise I'd be trying to find spaces to cram in asparagus beds, rhubarb and more apple trees.

*cries*

Comments

Re: I'm Afraid I Can't Relate

[kosiah.livejournal.com]

Negative two? Oh, god. Okay, we are never ever moving there.

I am totally impressed with your gardening prowess. I remember seed catalogs from my childhood that you could sell to other people? It was like a thing? I think I got into it from the back of a comic book. The pictures were always so pretty...

Re: I'm Afraid I Can't Relate

[prisoner--24601.livejournal.com]

Heh, I don't think that it's garden prowess so much as it's being an overenthusiastic dumbass. We'll see how much of this actually ends up growing well.

Usually the great lakes moderate the temperature so that this time of year it's in the low thirties/upper twenties, but we've been having a nasty cold snap lately. If it's this cold here, it most be absolutely horrible out in Minnesota and Wisconsin right now. All I can say is that I'm really looking forward to spring so that my feet will finally thaw out.

Re: Off-topic reading material

[athenaprime.livejournal.com]

Pee Ess--I forgot for a minute that you're a lawyer. If you're looking for Nonfiction, Lawrence Lessig's "Free Culture" is, well, free in ebook form, too. I'm paying close attention to intellectual property law with ebooks, e-rights, and ebook piracy creating very loud ohnoes in the publishing industry, but it's a really fascinating look at internet culture as well as IP and copyright.

Re: Off-topic reading material

[prisoner--24601.livejournal.com]

Ooh thank you for the rec. That sounds really, really interesting because I'm curious about intellectual property and how the internet has impacted it.

Re: Off-topic reading material

[athenaprime.livejournal.com]

You'll have to share your thoughts, then. I don't have a legal background, but with the state of publishing the way it is, it's going to impact me anyway. I like the stuff Lessig makes me think about, and someday I hope to figure out something useful to do with it.