terrace update

a disappointing leaf to flower ratio. at least both are edible.

the past week seoul saw its first stretch of truly sweaty temps. i'm so scared of what's to come. but today i awoke to a gray, quiet, almost misty morning that feels sorta pacific northwest. the calm (granted it's just after 6 am) is also a nice contrast to the hustle that monday is supposed to represent... then again, my lite work schedule has me affectionately calling monday my second sunday. but when i do go to work, my colleagues think me strange for fawning over overcast days. when you grow up in seattle, you either love rain or develop SAD (seasonal affective disorder) after 8 months of it.

it's quite possible that nobody cares, but spring has been wonderful for my terrace garden. after bringing seeds over from my holiday trip to the usa and hatching them on my apartment floor, lots of sun and water (thanks to my new shower/hose contraption), has my planters filled to the brim... overfloweth, actually. i need to hop on down to the hole-in-the-wall hardware store where they always seem unhappy to see me to reinforce my bins and grab some nails and wire/string so my sweet peas and nasturshims have some direction. re: the latter, they are growing several inches per day. it's scary.

with at least 5 more months of growing to go, where will it all go?

their robust health is a welcome change from last year's lack-luster performance. i have been crushing egg shells and pilfering starbucks' free bags of coffee grounds (good sources of calcium and nitrogen). my dad also mailed me some miracle grow fertilizer contraband 2 months back. the upshot has been happy, but very very green plants. while i knew that nasturshims and cosmos do ok underwatered in shitty, dry soils, i didn't realize they actually prefer it. yesterday i read that if you fertilize nasturshims too much, they just grow tons of leaves and don't bloom. touché.