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I wanted to fertilize my garden but got more than I wanted17 total reviews
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
You made me smile with your humour here Tom. I tried stewing up peelings from my vegetables to fertilise the soil and ended up with animals digging up the garden to get to the nutrition! Never again. A fun flash fiction, love Dolly x
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reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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You made me smile with your humour here Tom. I tried stewing up peelings from my vegetables to fertilise the soil and ended up with animals digging up the garden to get to the nutrition! Never again. A fun flash fiction, love Dolly x
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Comment Written 21-May-2022
reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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Hello Dolly,
I'm soaking a banana peel in water because I heard that the potassium was good for our tomato plants. It's funny that the animals dug up your garden- well funny to read about, certainly not funny to you. Thanks for commenting.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
Comment from Wendy G
You're back!! Nothing you read in Grade School is lost, it seems. What a cleverly written and humorous story, and definitely with an ending I did not expect! My imagination ... no, enough said! Best wishes for your fun entry.
Wendy
reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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You're back!! Nothing you read in Grade School is lost, it seems. What a cleverly written and humorous story, and definitely with an ending I did not expect! My imagination ... no, enough said! Best wishes for your fun entry.
Wendy
Comment Written 21-May-2022
reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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Hello Wendy,
It was a last minute entry. There was only two hours left in the contest, and since I had been fertilizing the lawn, and in the news it seems that fertilizer is becoming hard to get, the idea just came to me. I never know what's going to develop, it's a surprise to me as well. Thanks so much for the great review and comments.
Have a blessed day gal.
Tom
Comment from Carolyn Dooley
This would be strange. One
day years ago, one of my children had a ball game. It was in the country. There was a. cornfield nearby. Months later corn was growing in front of my bedroom window. Thank you for sharing.
reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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This would be strange. One
day years ago, one of my children had a ball game. It was in the country. There was a. cornfield nearby. Months later corn was growing in front of my bedroom window. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 21-May-2022
reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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Hello Carolyn,
Thanks so much for the great review and comments. How strange. There must have been a few kernels that stuck to their shoes or got into their clothes some how. Did the plant develop ears? We can't grow corn here in Alaska that I know of. There is almost twenty four hours of light, but apparently corn needs some dark to grow. Oh well.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
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I am not sure, I can not ask him. My husband chopped them down, he is deceased. You are welcome.
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I'm sorry to hear about your husband gal.
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Thank you.
Comment from lyenochka
Lol! I don't think I want that kind of fertilizer. That reminds me of the warnings about rooting hormone gel. It made me imagine I would sprout a third arm using that stuff.
I like the instructions of "add heat and moisture" and you picked two body areas with that for the broccoli and cauliflower to grow.
Best wishes in the contest!
reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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Lol! I don't think I want that kind of fertilizer. That reminds me of the warnings about rooting hormone gel. It made me imagine I would sprout a third arm using that stuff.
I like the instructions of "add heat and moisture" and you picked two body areas with that for the broccoli and cauliflower to grow.
Best wishes in the contest!
Comment Written 21-May-2022
reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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Hello Helen,
Thanks so much for the great review and comments. I've never heard of rooting hormone gel, but it's probably just as well. I thought I better limit the scope of the body parts covered. I only had 150 words fortunately, or Lord knows what I might have come up with.
Have a blessed day my friend.
Tom
Comment from Tom Horonzy
On Nevertheless Acres we have 70 head of Hereford leaving turds in our fields. I guess that can be fertilizer in a pinch. Should I save you some, or use it on my tomatoes?
reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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On Nevertheless Acres we have 70 head of Hereford leaving turds in our fields. I guess that can be fertilizer in a pinch. Should I save you some, or use it on my tomatoes?
Comment Written 20-May-2022
reply by the author on 21-May-2022
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Hey Tom,
I think the shipping would make it unreasonably expensive, so I guess you better save it for the tomatoes. I actually wanted to buy some garden soil with manure mixed in, but couldn't get it yet, so I had to pass on the plans for a planter box. Oh well. Thanks for the laugh and the great review.
Have a blessed evening.
Tom
Comment from Carol Hillebrenner
This is very amusing. Hope you don't get overgrowth like in the picture. This sounds like the kind of humor in Reader's Digest. It certainly sounds like one that might win the flash fiction contest. Thanks for the giggle for today.
reply by the author on 20-May-2022
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This is very amusing. Hope you don't get overgrowth like in the picture. This sounds like the kind of humor in Reader's Digest. It certainly sounds like one that might win the flash fiction contest. Thanks for the giggle for today.
Comment Written 20-May-2022
reply by the author on 20-May-2022
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Hello Carol,
Thanks so much for the great review and comments. I felt fortunate to find a picture to match what I wanted to write about. In actuality, I did fertilize the front lawn last night. I need to do the side and back tonight. However, I used Scotts Weed n Feed with Miracle Grow. I don't spread it when it's windy either- don't want any unpleasant surprises.
Have a blessed evening.
Tom
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
Hmmm, I guess you could plant yourself in your
garden and see what would happen,Tom. I enjoyed
your fun contest entry. You did a great job leading
the readers on about the fertilizer. . . then what!
Where'd that come from? I like the name of the
hippie-dippie garden center.
Best wishes, Jan
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reply by the author on 20-May-2022
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Hmmm, I guess you could plant yourself in your
garden and see what would happen,Tom. I enjoyed
your fun contest entry. You did a great job leading
the readers on about the fertilizer. . . then what!
Where'd that come from? I like the name of the
hippie-dippie garden center.
Best wishes, Jan
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Comment Written 20-May-2022
reply by the author on 20-May-2022
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Hello Jan,
I never thought of that, but thanks for the suggestion. As I mentioned, there was some question as to whether or not the owners of the shop were just hippies or aliens. Hmmm... just think of the implications of being able to grow food any place where warmth and moisture existed. I don't know if you'd want to eat it, but it would grow. Thanks so much for the great review and comments, I had to laugh at that first line.
Have a blessed evening.
Tom
