spring fever

[bertine]

I am officially ready for spring. Today I looked at different CSAs because I am so close to joining one this year. I also looked at various vegetable I could grow on my ledges but since that didn't work that well last year, I might just go with the cheap tomato plants from Menards again. I like my condo a lot but I really want a big garden one day.

I also got the Ironman Bike Ride sign up sheet today. I am trying to decide if I want to do it this year. Of course that lead me to look at various classes I could take on bike repair. And to think I was thinking about selling it last summer. Ha!

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[posthaste.livejournal.com]

we're doing a csa for the first time this spring. i am ridiculously excited.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i have been circling around it for the last couple years but i don't know if i would use it all up. however, i think i could find someone to share it with.

which one are you going with? there are a couple that i like just because they drop off at the seward co-op but part of me wants to go out to the farm to get the produce.

[jonthedull.livejournal.com]

I grew lima beans on my desk at work one year. I don't recoment it because they become rather big rather fast.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

at my last job i kept buying dollar plants at target and ended up with a jungle. i gave them to my coworkers to remember me by!

[jonthedull.livejournal.com]

My beans started out as a craft project for the childrens department. The kids planted beans after hearing the story of jack and the bean stalk. Someone left their plastic cup of dirt and bean behind, so took it I watered it for a few days, nothing happened, then still nothing happened, then I could see through the clear plastic cup a little bit of root. Then I was off for three days, and I came back in my office and there was a 6" plant sitting in the cup! I couldn't beleive it. for that first week or two I swear you could measure it's growth each day. I had to transplant it, and the other two that grew in to bigger pots and had to put stakes in the pots with strings to hold them up and the entire half of my U shaped desk was covered with 3 foot high plants. I ended up with a harvest of about 1/3 cup of beans. Too bad I don't really like lima beans. In the unbeliviable mess that is my office I still have 3 of the beans that I harvested.

[woodoo24.livejournal.com]

Ironman Bike Ride is for whimps. Come do the RAGBRAI. This year is actually suppose to be the "flattest" course in recent history. Ok so no I've never done it...but I've seen it on the news every year. :p It's on my list of things to do before I die.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

but it is in IOWA. :P

[emkachan.livejournal.com]

My co-worker PAC and I are thinking about a community garden. I'll let you know what we decide.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

were would it be?

[emkachan.livejournal.com]

We´re not sure yet. Possibly my parents´garden or this other guy´s garden.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

oh, that isn't any better than my mom's garden. i mean, i think i just want my own garden which is really selfish but would be really awesome.

[emkachan.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. It would be awesome to have a garden of one´s own. Could we eke some gardening plots out of the back of the buildings, like where the compost heap is?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i wish but

1) there really isn't a lot of light there
2) building politics
3) i think we are going to be putting the "rain garden" thing in this summer for our building. it doesn't look like your building can get their act together (they cancelled two meetings with Earth Wizards without our input so we are meeting with them ourselves.

[emkachan.livejournal.com]

Light, I understand. But we´re not getting our act together on the rain garden? I want a rain garden. Who on my board isn´t on top of things?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i don't know. i think it is ann morrison that was our contact over there. basically we aren't getting any information from you guys.

[emkachan.livejournal.com]

She´s crazy.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the coldness so much as the fact that you can't do anythign with it. well, at least it is sunny.