I actually have good news this week! That makes for a refreshing change.
My ultra-rare chickpeas are reblooming! Which means, if I can keep the critters away from them this time, I might get seeds to replace what was planted! I’m not going to worry too much about expanding at this point, I just want enough to be able to try again next year.
And, I won’t have to get a loan to buy my new fence! I got a statement in the mail about the stocks I had bought through my employer’s investment program. I didn’t like the company’s long-term prospects (isn’t THAT a great thing to say about your employer!) but they were offering them to employees at a 15% discount, so I arranged for a few bucks to be taken from my paycheck every week with the idea that I could sell right away and get a quick return on investment. And then forgot about it. That started almost a year ago, and the amount in the account was exactly what I was asking for on my loan! Enough to cover both the fence and a survey of the property. There are 2 sides of my land where the boundary line is a little fuzzy.
My tomatoes are being weird this year. One is enormous with big green tomatoes on it, 3 are 18 inches tall with a few flowers, and 3 look like they only just sprouted! They’ve been growing for months, but they’re barely 2 inches tall. Same dirt, same sun, same everything. Weird.
Oh, my nuna bean is growing all over, it looks like a runner bean! But no blooms yet. I pinched the tip off one branch to see if that would kick it into gear. All that happened is it grew a new tip from the nearest leaf bud. Within a single day! That thing grows fast when it gets a mind to!
Glad to hear the good news. Hope those blooms turn into lots of pods.