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Absolutely no one:
Me: So do y'all want a thread of garden plants as The Good Place characters yes of course you do
(Mute for possible Good Place spoilers or, like, if you don't like gardening I guess??)
Absolutely no one:
Me: So do y'all want a thread of garden plants as The Good Place characters yes of course you do
(Mute for possible Good Place spoilers or, like, if you don't like gardening I guess??)
The mint family: enthusiastic, productive, sows chaos in its wake if not maintained (and sometimes even when maintained)
Lettuce: Chidi
Needs specific conditions to thrive, vulnerable to pests, wilts easily
Needs specific conditions to thrive, vulnerable to pests, wilts easily
Cherry tomatoes: Tahani
Tall, beautiful, will hog all the attention* if you don't plant it with companions to balance it out, sometimes too much
*nitrogen and potassium in the soil
Tall, beautiful, will hog all the attention* if you don't plant it with companions to balance it out, sometimes too much
*nitrogen and potassium in the soil
Cabbage, broccoli, and other flowering brassicas: Eleanor
Has tough outer leaves that protect a complex inner core, tends to attract demons*, can make some people gassy
*earwigs
Has tough outer leaves that protect a complex inner core, tends to attract demons*, can make some people gassy
*earwigs
Janet: Peas
Abundantly helpful, an active aide to most other plants, can create their own children-lovers (by self pollinating)
Abundantly helpful, an active aide to most other plants, can create their own children-lovers (by self pollinating)
Michael: Eggplant
Initially thorny* and a pain in the ass, colleagues cause human suffering**, but a real softie inside once you get to know it
*the calyx of eggplant fruit have thorns
**eggplant, like belladonna, Jimsonweed, and ghost peppers, is in the nightshade family
Initially thorny* and a pain in the ass, colleagues cause human suffering**, but a real softie inside once you get to know it
*the calyx of eggplant fruit have thorns
**eggplant, like belladonna, Jimsonweed, and ghost peppers, is in the nightshade family
