Month: April 2017

A lot of plants have migrated out of the indoor garden.  Some, though, remain.  Remember the Evil Morning Glories, or as I had named them: Ipomea Diaboli (fuck you, botanists everywhere–I can do it too!)?  Well, it seems they feed upon light–same as other plants, and not upon the negative energy wrought by souls of the damned as I had originally suspected.  I came to this conclusion by observing the size of the plant I had unceremoniously thrown into a pot under the growlight because I wanted something green down there:

It’s a cute little demon anyway.

Also, that bean plant I attempted that managed to produce a pod?  The pod dried and I harvested it, figuring it wasn’t worth the effort to eat a single bean, but rather to harvest the seed:

A single seed within.  All the work and the plant only has a single viable offspring.  Seems like a zero net gain.  Sort of like Liz and I, except that’s a generational net loss.  Still, I think neither beans nor humans are in any immediate danger of extinction.

–Simon

Remember that moldering potato I stuck in the pot under the grow light 3 months ago because it was winter and I wanted something green inside?  Well, it died.

I had never seriously grown a potato before, so I didn’t know what to expect.  Liz informed me, however, that the plant dying simply meant it was time to harvest it.  Either way, I needed to remove it before it started rotting in my basement, so I dumped the pot outside.  Peeking through the root clump, I saw some happy little tubers, so I gently ripped apart the roots and behold:

I had forgotten it was the red potato I planted.  While not exactly an epic crop, it’s still a fun little net gain from an otherwise inedible piece of produce.

–Simon