Gardening in January becomes something very different than what it is the rest of the year. It becomes a little weird and zany to keep the spirit alive when the temps are below zero and the ground is covered in white. This year Santa helped out by bringing my boy a - get ready for it - a Chia Pet! Not just any chia pet either as you can probably tell from the picture: this is a Spongebob Chia Pet.
I can't tell you how exciting it was to mix up the hair seed and spread it over S'Bob's head. He had to live encased in a plastic bubble for a couple days until the seed sprouted, but now he has a 'treme buzzcut growing. In a couple days he should have the full-on hippy look.
Old S'Bob suffers from the back-hair, due to a little spillage during the hair starting process. Ian thinks it's cool. I think it gives me a good idea. When this batch of seed expires in a few weeks, we'll restart and totally cover Spongebob to turn him into a hairy kind of prehistoric Spongebob. I think it will work. It will be awesome!
These are the kinds of things one does in the depths of January to nurture the green spirit until spring comes along.
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