We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. (Mary Antin)

6.16.2006

Picky eaters

The furries are back in my garden, and boy, do they seem to be selective about their dinner. This year I planted out about 24 pepper plants in 4 varieties, King of the North, Buran, Ace, and Yankee Bell. I didn't group plants of the same variety together--they were all mixed up. Yet somehow, the furries were able to select out the Yankee Bell plants. They ate every one to the ground, while leaving all the other varieties pretty much untouched (a couple of leaves were chomped off two of the Buran plants, but that was it). I wonder if I, too, would have found Yankee Bell particularly tasty.

1 Comments:

At 10:12 PM, Anonymous katie said...

Well, the pepper plants have got to be tastier than the peppers themselves, right? :)

(Finally, I get to leave a comment!)

 

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