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3292. A keen gardener © Bruce Goodman 9 August 2025 |
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Franklin was a keen gardener. He would spend a good part of winter examining seed catalogues in the greatest detail. He would order packets of seeds that looked interesting. Here was a mauve sweet pea with a very strong scent. Here was a plant whose raw seed pods tasted like radishes. Here was bright blue broccoli. Of course he didn’t have enough room – or enough time – to sow every seed he bought. He already had four packets of different sweet peas that he found attractive and he had only the one fence they could climb up on. That fence was already booked for the scarlet runner beans. Vegetables had to come first. Nonetheless, it did not stop Franklin dreaming – and buying. He couldn’t wait for winter to finish. Of course he couldn’t sow seeds immediately that spring began. The soil had to warm up a bit for germination. He would use the early part of spring in preparing the ground. Spring arrived! It was time to sow! He had carefully planned who and what went where. It was a pity he died before he could sow anything. Back to Index Next Story Previous Story |