It was an all around unprofitable year in the garden, but mostly due to my taking a huge plot and then working a full day in the city, commuting for 3 hours, and then prepping for generals in the evenings and on weekends. (That last part is still happening...)
Anyway, I experimented with peanuts this year, and I learned that they need to be babied a bit more than I had time for; as a result, they produced fewer peanuts than I planted. Thus, the parable of the peanuts:
For the garden is as a woman travelling into a far city, who called together her vegetables, and delivered unto them her seeds.
And unto Peas she gave a two hundred seeds, to Zucchini fifty, and Peanuts twenty and five; to every vegetable according to his several ability; and straightway took her journey.
Then he that had received the two hundred seeds went and made them other four hundred.
And likewise he that had received fifty, he also gained other hundred.
But he that had received twenty and five went and digged in the earth, and hid his lady's seeds.
After a long time the lord of those vegetables cometh, and reckoneth with them.
And so he that had received two hundred seeds came and brought other four hundred seeds, saying, Lady, thou deliveredst unto me two hundred seeds: behold, I have gained beside them four hundred seeds more.
His lady said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lady.
He also that had received fifty talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me fifty seeds: behold, I have gained hundred other seeds beside them.
His lady said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lady.
Then he which had received the twenty and five came and said, Lady, I knew thee that thou art an a busy woman, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy seeds in the earth, where squirrels did findest them and did eat many: lo, there thou hast that is thine, the remaining ten seeds.
His lady answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my seeds to good growth, and then at my coming I should have received at least mine own.
Take therefore the seed from him, and give it unto him which hath four hundred seeds.
And cast ye the unprofitable vegetable into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Anyway, I experimented with peanuts this year, and I learned that they need to be babied a bit more than I had time for; as a result, they produced fewer peanuts than I planted. Thus, the parable of the peanuts:
For the garden is as a woman travelling into a far city, who called together her vegetables, and delivered unto them her seeds.
And unto Peas she gave a two hundred seeds, to Zucchini fifty, and Peanuts twenty and five; to every vegetable according to his several ability; and straightway took her journey.
Then he that had received the two hundred seeds went and made them other four hundred.
And likewise he that had received fifty, he also gained other hundred.
But he that had received twenty and five went and digged in the earth, and hid his lady's seeds.
After a long time the lord of those vegetables cometh, and reckoneth with them.
And so he that had received two hundred seeds came and brought other four hundred seeds, saying, Lady, thou deliveredst unto me two hundred seeds: behold, I have gained beside them four hundred seeds more.
His lady said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lady.
He also that had received fifty talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me fifty seeds: behold, I have gained hundred other seeds beside them.
His lady said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lady.
Then he which had received the twenty and five came and said, Lady, I knew thee that thou art an a busy woman, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy seeds in the earth, where squirrels did findest them and did eat many: lo, there thou hast that is thine, the remaining ten seeds.
His lady answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my seeds to good growth, and then at my coming I should have received at least mine own.
Take therefore the seed from him, and give it unto him which hath four hundred seeds.
And cast ye the unprofitable vegetable into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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In your California, the pomegranates give 623 seeds per fruit and they are plentiful.
The tree stoops over
They brush the ground
They crack open and gape maroon.
And Grandma has two producing 100 times more. Attack of the killer pomegranates!
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