I Cheated!

All of my broccoli babies have died. Not a one made it to the 2nd set of leaves! I blame it on the white fly attack. So, imagine my delight when I found some broccoli plants at the local Home Depot store. They were only $1.68 for 4 plants. How could I resist. I noticed the leaves looked worn and possibly attacked by pests, but I thought since they had made it thus far and since they were so cheap, it's worth a shot.

On the way home I killed 1 white fly. I now realized why the leaves were looking so pathatic. Those white flies get around! When I got home, I transplanted them into larger pots the next day. Of course I would transplant them on the first night of a strong wind storm. (As a new gardener...I haven't tuned into the weekly weather patterns...yet.) The lights flickered as I read one of my favorite mystery books by Diane Mott Davidson. As I was immerged into who tried to kill Dr. Fritz, I couldn't help but worry about my plants. Would they survive the strong winds? I did check on them and I weighed anything down that could fly away. The plants seemed fine. I would have to see how fine they were the next morning. Next on the to do list is to get a net to keep the pesky pests out. Soon.

Photo of my "cheater" broccoli. (I won't tell if you don't.) ;0)

(I took this photo in December...don't they look great!)

Cheaters Anonymous,
Monica ;0)