tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31085568.post-35244484366514722182008-04-15T22:21:00.000-07:002008-04-15T22:21:00.000-07:00Mrs. Homegrown here, with a few comments.<BR/><BR/>1)I am appalled that Mr. Homegrown has sent a tour of our yard out through the worldwide internet tubes without letting me straighten up first. The chicken coop isn't always covered with dangling bits of blue tarp, and the crap in front of the coop has to do with an isolated chicken. Long story.<BR/><BR/>2) Yes, the truth is out: we don't live in the spectacular modernist palace depicted on the book cover. In addition, I also lack the goth je ne sais qua of my sultry doppleganger.<BR/><BR/>3) We *never* buy eggs or herbs. I don't know what he's talking about with "rarely" -- we're up to our ears in eggs. Please come by and get some.<BR/><BR/>4) While you're at it, take some nopalitos, too.<BR/><BR/>5) He skipped showing you the parkway garden beds, which contribute greatly to our table.<BR/><BR/>6) Those of you living in normal climates might be wondering at his statement that our garden looked bad in December. After all, in temperate climates, every garden looks bad in December--if you can see them at all beneath the snow.<BR/><BR/>Here in sunny LA, though, it hovers around 70 in December, so it seems as though there's no excuse for a dead garden. That's what he means. But our garden is exhausted from the long summer without a lot of supplemental irrigation. Our summer ends in late October, and the perennials and self-seeding annuals that dominate our landscape don't spring to life until March, after the rains. <BR/><BR/>Winter is a great time to grow salad stuff in LA, though. Just fyi for any So Cal people who might be reading. <BR/><BR/>7) Did I already offer nopalitos to all comers?Mrs. Homegrownwww.homegrownevolution.comnoreply@blogger.com