Greens

The garden is looking good this year, so far, with green beans beginning to twist and turn to find supporting structures to cling to and flower sprouts making their way up from the soil. Some habanero peppers have already come in (but still show no signs of heat in taste) and the garden herbs are ready for eating. By fall, we should hopefully have a good collection of tomatoes. The bottles in the photographs? An experiment on watering for while we are away on vacation that mimics those expensive glass bulbs they advertise on television.

But, there is also The Mystery Seed, a brown corn-like kernel that Mia rescued from the dusty concrete floor of the Home Depot. We potted it and, in under a week, it has sprouted a single leaf, leaving us mad with guessing on what it could possibly be. I'm placing my bets on something thick and vegetable-like while Mia is putting money on the table that it is a flower, but knowing what kinds of chemicals are to be found in the garden section of the orange box store leaves me wondering if we're not going to end up with some kind of hideous, mutant poison plant. Sadly, we may never actually know what it is if it never gets big enough, doesn't put out flowers, or fails to produce anything.


All guesses welcome.