A grand notion

24 February 2009

I had a thought. Just you wait, I think you’ll agree it’s AMAZING.

It’s a Known Fact that potatoes help break up the ground. I can’t be certain, but I’m pretty sure it’s down to the tubers beneath the ground releasing little rake-wielding pixies, who march around in the soil, breaking it up into a pleasant, crumbly mass.

When digging my patch at the weekend I discovered that the soil where my carrots had grown last year was also pretty amenable and crumbly. Not the squodgy, shiny-topped clay that had compacted where my onions had (not) grown.

Hmm, thought I. Carrots and potatoes are both crops that form below the ground and are of reasonable size … hey, wouldn’t it be great if pumpkins grew below ground too?! Can you imagine harvesting a huge subterranean gourd? It’d be like something on Time Team, as you carefully excavated layer upon layer, brushing away the soil, not wishing to risk impaling it with your fork.

The next time I grow pumpkins, I’m totally trying this.

Posted in: being me, garden

Comments

6 Responses to “A grand notion”

Sonja
24th February 2009 @ 3:24 pm

You’re a rebel!

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Thursday
24th February 2009 @ 6:10 pm

If your pumpkins grow underground, I want some of those seeds.

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Mum
24th February 2009 @ 9:02 pm

Sarah omits to mention that this thought came to her when she was already tucked up in her bed for the night. She called the house phone on her mobile from her bedroom; her father answered it downstairs, where he had been patiently waiting for his turn in the bathroom. I heard a short conversation and then he called up to me, ‘ Go in to Sarah, please” Half-dressed I hastened the three feet to Sarah’s room, anticipating some kind of girlie emergency……and was treated to the underground pumpkin theory.
Can I now add Patience Fairy to my other titles?

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Sarah
24th February 2009 @ 9:37 pm

I’m a treat.

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jbm
24th February 2009 @ 10:16 pm

You’re an idiot.

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Thursday
27th February 2009 @ 8:40 am

Good job they love you, isn’t it?

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