Arugula

I planted Arugula seeds in January...there I said. It may have actually even been late December. Don't hate me. I did it because besides being curious to see what would happen, I don't have any patience, none, nada, ZERO. I've come to terms with my lack of patience and I don't see things changing anytime soon. Trust me, I've tried. So yes, I planted Arugula seeds in January (ahem, December.) In my impatient defense we have very mild winters here and it usually only snows once a year but this year we had record snowfalls. Therefore I didn't have high hopes for the seeds especially considering we have had 2, maybe 8 blizzards since I planted them. But low and behold, those little seeds grew into cute little bushes of green. Now, they didn't grow large, but grew they did and for that I give those Arugula seeds a round of applause. I was lucky enough to be able to have a couple of handfuls of Arugula in my salads.

I've heard that like Rhubarb, growing Arugula is very low maintenance but to withstand that kind of adversity is truly impressive. See, sometimes being impatient does have it's advantages. Considering the Arugula grew in rather small heads, I've let the remaining plants flower so they will go to seed and replant themselves. And this time it will be In a decent environment, I promise. Consider me guilty of seed abuse 101, I shall redeem myself.