Of Cabbages and...Good Intentions

   I spent the morning shoveling in the garden.  The place was a mess with all of the waning pepper plants and eggplants plus a ton of leaves dropped by the recent storm to hit the Bayou.  After pulling up all the spent plants, I started turning the soil.  Afterward, I made several nice, straight rows and felt good about my "cardio" workout!  I, also, had good intentions of letting it sit for a few days before attempting to plant a fall garden.  That did not happen.  Before I knew what was happening, Son was pouring fertilizer in the open rows.  Well, there was nothing to do but start stirring that into the soil.  Well now!!  The garden did, indeed, look better!  My rows were made and ready for plants in a few days!  Nope. It did not happen that way at all!

  Mark is still going a bit stir crazy from his recent quarantine.  Two weeks was far too much for this man! Since he came home, he wanted out!  So, he headed to the plant department of the local lumber yard.  "Get me 30 cabbage plants, a packet of mustard green seeds and a packet of broccoli seeds." That was my strict shopping list!  This man has a knack for purchasing far more than I need so I put "numbers" on the items!  Nope.  It did not happen.  Today was turning into a "Nope" day.

  The man came home with 72 cabbage plants and no seeds!  It seems that the garden center does not sell seeds after August!  What??  Whatever happened to fall gardening?  I was appalled!  He did, however, manage to pick up ALL those cabbage plants.  I guess he thought to grab them while they were still there just in case I decided to send him back for more.  Well, my grand ideas of a variety of plants in the garden does not look like it is to be.  The good intentions of planting later in the week did not happen, either.  After supper, there was still enough daylight for me to plant 32 of the 72 cabbages in the nice rows.  Now, I will have to scrounge in my saved seed supply to find if I saved any mustard or broccoli seeds.  I think...maybe...if those darn rats that invaded the greenhouse did not eat them!  I do have cabbages, though.  Lots and lots of cabbages!