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<\/a><\/div>\nI did come thumping down the stairs this morning – I am always delighted to reach the first floor in one piece without having any coffee – which caused him to turn around and try and see in the windows next to the door.\u00a0 Fortunately I managed to avoid being seen; when I am spotted there is lots of meowing and a lot of sad looks.<\/p>\n
Many of the seedlings have been brought upstairs and put on a rack.\u00a0 It started raining so we couldn’t put them outside earlier this week, but they’re going out today:<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nJ has also planted the hops in pots outside below this sun porch:<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\nWe are growing three types (and by “we” I mean, of course, J and I am just taking associated credit.)\u00a0 The vines grow 18 feet high, on average, so they’re on the ground underneath the highest wall of the sun porch so\u00a0we have a spot we can string trelises from the top to pull them up.\u00a0 (I also hope that it will provide a little bit of shade on a room that is hard to sit in during the height of summer, even with\u00a0all the windows and doors open.)<\/p>\n
The area around\u00a0the hops is pretty much empty since they go up rather than out, so J decided on Monday to plant more herb seeds – cilantro, basil and dill.\u00a0 He of course had help:<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nHe said it would have gone much faster without a cat climbing into his lap.\u00a0 I’m still trying to figure out when exactly I turned into a cat lady without actually owning a cat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is the sight that greeted me as I came downstairs just after 5 AM this morning: I did come thumping down the stairs this morning – I am always delighted to reach the first floor in one piece without having any coffee – which caused him to turn around and try and see in … Continue reading Good Morning!<\/span>