Mulch Ado

Jeff and I are going crazy out there in the backyard.

Crazy, I tell you!

He brought by his tomato seedlings that he started weeks ago on his back porch.

My own seedlings aren't doing quite as well as his. I don't know if they're getting too dried out or what, but they're still just little nubbins barely clinging to life.

I've always believed in the principles of organic gardening, but, honestly, my patience is nearing its limits here. If these things don't start looking healthier, I'll get out my magnifying glass and splice orca genes into them or something.

Sure, I might inadvertently unleash dangerous flesh-eating killer produce into the world, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna pay $5.69 a pound for heirloom tomatoes at Andronico's come September!

Kurt "big daddy" True
30 april 2005