Wandering along Newtonville Avenue, admiring the gardens on a day that was soon to be 85 degrees, Marash Girl chatted up gardening with whomever she saw kneeling in front of their houses . . . as there were no statues, and no altars in sight, Marash Girl assumed (as it turns out, correctly) that the folks kneeling were gardeners . . . one such kneeler, after talking gardening, offered Marash Girl a package of Nasturtium seeds, cautioning her that she should scratch the seeds before planting. . . Marash Girl thought the kneeler was joking, but sure enough, on the back of every package, Burpee announces, "To aid in germination, rub seed with nail file." Marash Girl wondered about that. She had planted nasturtiums aplenty in her childhood, but never thought to use a nail file . . .
Some bureaucrat's answer to global warming?
ReplyDeleteSounds like some over bred hybrid seed if it needs help..obviously in a natural world it would have Darwined into oblivion
ReplyDeleteNo wonder she gave them away! I hope they don't sully my garden soil!
DeleteYou get what you pay for?
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