The green sheened shells of the Japanese beetles are striking during the mid-day heat, and I almost felt bad when George Weigel of the Patriot-News used his sneaker to grind a Japanese beetle into the soil where they arrived from last week. So we have been combatting these creatures with a canola oil based insecticide, and we hope the best for our flowers which provide the necessary color in the mostly monocolor of our green garden. Speaking of George Weigel of the Patriot-News: Look for an article in the Home and Garden Section of the Patriot-News in two-three weeks. Our garden will be featured in this section. And in other PR news, we have word our garden will show up in both the Bridge and the President’s Report. In the latter publication, Frank will accompany the garden in a student profile. Party hats for Frank. Maybe even Burger King crowns. Concerning the CSA: Frank and Adrian delivered the first batch of produce to our CSA members. Word in our apartment says we delivered them a few zukes and a delicious bag of snow peas. Lottie Nelson: We have delivered the two batches of zucchini to the dining hall totalling 19.5 pounds. Now we have enough money for milk every week. We were just living on Panera bread scraps before. I’m kidding. Mark Wirtz and his crew have been gracious in this inaugural year for the garden. I think they prepared a zucchini parmesan the other night. I thought about trying it. Really, I did. And pictures, well pictures. Adrian is growing up really fast. His dreads get longer everyday. Oh, pictures of the garden, we will get on that. Right, Frank? June 28th, 2007
…BURGER KING CROWNS??
who gave this guy permission to write on here? more importantly, where did he learn to abbreviate words (”zukes”??)?
um, you guys are amazing. can’t wait to see it. (the garden, not adrian’s hair, though i’m sure that’s just as charming)
and the eggplants? are they surviving?
keep up the good work.