While it might not be salty or savory — as far as we know, anyway –our new cracker farm is on the grow.
If you read the previous post, you know all about how the Triscuit box invited us to “Join the Home Farming Movement!” (As for the rest of you, the background is a mere scroll away.)
On Sunday, we did, indeed, join by soaking in water the 2.5 inch square piece of paperboard that was hidden inside the box. After a few hours of immersing the seeds — two to 4 is suggested — Mike peeled the square apart to reveal a half dozen basil seeds.
At least we think they’re basil seeds. We are the kind of folks who always trust what the boxes tell us.
Mike then planted the twin squares into pots (at left) filled with soil-less mix, wet them down and set our “farm” on the counter between the sink and the kitchen window.
Ten to 12 days from now our crop should be up, the cracker box said, and so we’ll see. February/March is not exactly basil-growing weather here in the Midwest. We usually direct-seed basil into the garden in mid May, when it’s much warmer and there’s more likelihood of success.
But who knows? This could work out.
Meanwhile, we should mention that at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday we’ll be giving yet another talk and signing books at the downtown Kansas City library. The helpful folks there offered to set up equipment for our power point presentation. But Mike told the library guys that would mean we’d have to learn how to use power point.
And we will, eventually. But for now, our book talk remains low tech.
KC’s newest sustainable living group
That seemed to work last week when we gave a program at the North Kansas City Library. It was there that Mike Hoey told us about his efforts to form a “Transition Town” group in Kansas City.
The transition movement is not well known in the United States, at least so far. It was created by Rob Hopkins of the UK as an outgrowth of his work teaching sustainable living and building there. If we understand it right, the “transition” is toward city and town structures that do not rely on fossil fuel as their main energy source. On his web site, Hopkins explains that group members are interested in replanning cities and economies in ways that are both sustainable and enjoyable. He seeks to find the positive in the transition.
Hoey says he’s working with Kansas City Community Gardens to form a local version of this effort. His web site is fairly new. You can visit here.
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