To Grow . . . .or not to Grow

by Michelle Email

Big Pumpkin August 28

To grow, or not to grow: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the yard to suffer
The slings and arrows of vine borrers and beetles,
Or to take arms against a sea of insects,
And by vine burying, thwart them? To water: each day;
No skips; and by pollination say life springs
But heart-ache and the thousand natural foes
That squash is heir to, 'tis a big frustration
Devoutly to be fought. To die, to spray;
To spray: perchance to spoil: ay, there's the rub;
For in that spray of death what consequences lie
When bugs have shuffled off this mortal coil,
We must give thought: the total garden respect
That gives me charge of its long life;

7 comments

Love your jelly bean post, how are they doing, I'm interested as I tend to eat mine before planting, but if yours are from the "old country" that could be whats makes the difference.

Cheers Mark
01/30/08 @ 12:27
Comment from: Sara [Visitor] Email · http://www.farmingfriends.com
Very clever version! I would love to see you do another pumpkin.
Sara from farmingfriends
01/30/08 @ 13:51
Comment from: Michelle [Member] Email
Marc, the majority of commercially available "candy" jellybeans are hybrids and therefore sterile. It's darn near impossible to get the seeds themselves and grow your own. I haven't seen any progress yet but I swear that the dirt is starting to smell a little fruity.

Thanks Sara, I am so torn, but if I know myself well, and I do, I'll cave in and do it. :)
01/30/08 @ 13:54
Wow!! A hit . . . a very palatable hit!

I love your soliloquy Michelle!
01/30/08 @ 14:23
Comment from: Jenny [Visitor] Email · http://seeded.wordpress.com
All the garden's a stage
And all the pests and beetles merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances
And a gardener in her time plays many parts.
01/31/08 @ 09:04
Comment from: Garden guy [Visitor] Email · http://www.howtoorganicgarden.com/
Michelle excellent site I will be sure to bookmark it. I have been using the Mittleider method of gardening for the last three years, it gets me outside and from in front of the computer. This year I am focusing on a Farmers market garden. Keep up the great work
Steve aka The plant guy
01/31/08 @ 11:58
Comment from: Lance f/i/l Opa [Visitor] Email · http://mygrandpagarden
Oma and I loved your takeoff on Hamlets soliloquy. How long
did it take you to come up with that? Anyway, great job!
02/02/08 @ 13:38

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