Adventures in High Performance Gardening 10 - That Secret Gift Revealed! And planting Broccoli
Gosh, it's still friggin' freezing in Colorado. But we can plant broccoli and cabbage.
And you've got to see this gift I got for Lynn. Here is the backstory on those golden boots.
Last spring, I helped Lynn with the lambing season on her farm. Lynn told me I should get some boots I don't mind getting all nasty - like with birthing amniotic fluids, blood, piss, muck... all that kind of stuff. So I went to the thrift shop and found these amazing golden boots. She kept giving me crap about wearing such stylish boots to a lambing....
The funny thing? I wore those boots all through the lambing and they are made of some kind of material that just completely repelled any kind of dirt. I mean, really, they came through like they were never used.
I know Lynn secretly really wanted golden boots to wear at lambing... LOL so I gave them to her. Also, because they didn't really fit me that well.
Comments
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@Marjory Wildcraft I'm hoping to get to see those golden boots in your episode 10!
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Cant wait to see this episode. I’m planting broccoli for the first time this year!
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How generous and big-hearted you are! That was so sweet of you to give her the 'golden boots'. I didn't see that coming!
I got rain boots from Zulily for $12 each (got 2 pair) and I love them. I just have to hose them off before I call it a night.
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I grew broccoli twice in the spring that never flowered most likely a soil issue but I m not sure. This year I’m going to plant in late summer and try for a fall crop in new and proven soil.
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@Marjory Wildcraft is broccoli a good candidate for container planting?
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hi @spowell07 You know, I'll go ask Lynn what variety it was we palneted. It was a nice tight small plant, but the great thing was being able to come back and cut again and again. BRB
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