Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 We live in an apartment in Washington, DC. Gardening is not an option, but I've always felt the need to surround myself with plants. I have always intended to branch into the kitchen gardening thing, but have not really mastered it.. I garden like I cook.. I dabble, I enjoy it, I just go by feel... I don't know if that makes sense to anyone else, but I enjoy it! lol Anyway, this Christmas, my father-in-law was fond of the catalog shopping. He sent me a portabella mushroom growing kit... I've yet to tackle that thing.. his heart was in the right place, but it is quite messy endeavor, that happened to arrive without instructions... and leaking ... He also sent some organic potted herbs. Three pots in a cozy woven window basket. The lavender looks lovely, the Rosemary seems to be thriving. All of the pots are too small and should be repotted. The Chamomile never looked good. I thought this was simply due to over crowded roots. I still haven't gotten around to repotting it... it seemed to be doing okay for a little while... not really growing much especially in comparison to the other two, but not yet dead... A few days ago, I noticed that it seemed to hold the water much more than the other two, and it seems to be struggling even more than before. I took the pot out of the basket and put it my my kitchen sink for closer observation. It has been sitting there for a while... a few days at least. I was letting it dry out a little, and the dead parts needed to be cleared away to make room for new growth. (or at least that's what I was thinking.. I told you.. I wing it!) SO... today, DISCOVERY! I picked up the little plastic pot and thought the roots were growing out the holes in the bottom. Upon closer inspection, these roots are alive... and slimy, and moving... we are now the proud owners of a slug plantation.... oh sorry.. an ORGANIC slug plantation. ???what to do , what to do... ??? SOOO>> Jacob grabs some books, and we start reading about slugs. Then on to google... we discovered this wonderful site (can you believe I'm saying that about a site dedicated to slugs?? and better yet.. to caring for slugs??? .. as pets??? !!!) http://velvetdragon.com/cyberslugs/realslugs.html Gwendolyn and Jacob have already claimed which ones will be " theirs " ... as if you can tell them apart! so, once again (yes, again... about five years ago, I found myself pouring over pounds of dirt trying to carefully, and lovingly, separate the red wigglers from the compost before we moved... but that's a whole other story) so.. once again, I sit, searching through this organic dirt, careful not to damage my precious and fragile chamomile plant which I'm hoping to save, and at the same time trying to transplant these teeny tiny slugs into their new make shift home, until such time as we can prepare their proper terrarium. We have even found what we think (and actually hope) to be slug eggs. I am at least grateful that chamomile smells a heck of a lot better than the compost and the red wigglers did! Thanks Papa... for the gift that truly keeps on giving! happy friday, may yours be full of surprises! =) Jenni www.little-tomato.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Jenni - you always figure out how to make lemonade from lemons!!! What a great mom you are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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