allekha | Gardening is a skill and I am still a beginner (Reply)

I sacrificed my wallet to Skate Canada and the ISU to get Worlds tickets for next season. I'm going with my mom :) I remember looking at the prices for the canceled 2020 version and being sad that there was no way I could afford to go, but now that I have my job... it's still a lot of money, but not completely unreasonable anymore. (And the train tickets will be cheap.)

I also contacted my coach to start lessons again now that I think I have my boot issues 90% sorted and my schedule is a little more stable. Possible bonus to the heel bumpers I am using: might help with the blisters I keep getting in my hiking shoes? Z and I are going to test it out on a short trail.

Garden updates:

The eggplants have finally started to take off a little in the past few days. I remember one year I bought some from the farmer's market and they barely grew for a month with our weather.

The daikon all bolted instead of growing roots. Ah well, worth a shot, and the greens taste good. And hey, they did way better than the carrots, which are at a 0% success rate. Will try again in the fall.

It's been interesting watching the tomatoes because they're all planted in the same area and started off fairly similar in size and apparent health, but they've diverged rapidly since going in the ground. Some of the plants have tripled in size already; a couple of them have been slow but have gradually turned greener; one of them has looked limp and sad since transplanting no matter how much or how little it's been watered. It seems to have turned a corner these past couple of days, but I'll keep an eye on it.

I like slugs, but not when they're munching on my basil :|

Half my edamame has come up! I replanted the other half in case they don't. Absolutely none of the mizuna has sprouted, though - I was promised it was an easy plant! No idea what happened, so I just threw more seeds in the ground in the hopes that second try's the charm.

Second round of lemongrass is looking nice and doing quite well. Second round of garlic chives had a zero percent success rate. Ah, well. I have one plant of it that's been growing slowly.