Planting discussion with Daisyboots in her potting shed
DB: I really need to sort out my Cultivation Station.
VG: Have you planted the cabbages I gave you yet?
DB: No not yet I need to sort out the Cultivation Station.
VG: Have you watered the cabbages yet?
DB: It rained…..
VG: *blank look*
DB: (Changing the subject) Do you know what attacks cabbages at this time of year?
VG: You are asking me? Slugs probably, they attack everything. I even spotted one after my pepper plant this morning, luminous orange it was and I could see it from the patio window.
DB: Hmm….. (wishing she hadn’t asked).
VG: You know what? I don’t understand this annual wall planner for growing vegetables.
DB: How’s that?
VG: Well it says I should be planting cabbages in February, but I got mine from the man down the road who said I could plant them now.
DB: The man down the road?
VG: Yes.
DB: Ok (puzzled). Anyway that means planting seeds and your cabbages are already grown.
VG: Oh right, so when does that mean I can harvest them?
DB: Well the best thing to do is look on the packet.
VG: But they didn’t come in a packet.
DB: I don’t know then.
Note to self: Ask man down the road when I can harvest the cabbages – usually before or at purchase – not after.
Note to readers: The man down the road is actually an employee at a plant nursery.
