Friday, September 4, 2009

The Aftermath

This is what the tomato patch looked like after yesterday's Great Purge:

Well. THAT'S depressing.

And this is what I looked like after pulling up thirteen decaying plants and picking up dozens of rotten tomatoes:

Even Leda is disgusted.

It was a real good time.

6 comments:

  1. Did you do a whisk commercial later that day??

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  2. Hey there, future Blackrock baby!

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  3. On the positive side, the structure's ready for next year's bumper crop.

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  4. Um, did ya really wear white pants for this job?

    Yer a funny one.

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  5. Mere: Yes, it WOULD be a positive. If the tomatoes were going there next year. But they won't, because we rotate all the crops every year. I have not yet figured out how to store the supports without dismantling them entirely. But I'm working on it.

    Finn: They're my manual labor khakis. I bought them at Goodwill specifically for summer labor--can't work in shorts, khakis are cooler than jeans.

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  6. How sad. Hope life improves soon - and I hope your DIY detergent is mighty powerful stuff!

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