I've been keeping a secret ....... but some of my readers ....... inspired me to reveal it ...... and is pure shame ...... why ah didn't say anyting earlier!

Ever since I posted the story ...... about my baby bodi, Jodi ....... people have been checking ...... on her progress ...... maybe cuz they really care ..... or maybe cuz dey ready tuh bubble ah pot! ....... so it is with great sadness ..... that I report today ...... that baby Jodi bodi withered away ....... she started to go down (literally) ....... one week ago ...... on April 13 ...... and was gone by April 17 ...... I never even got a chance to transplant her ...... or take her outdoors ..... tuh meet sun and rain ...... poor Jodi bodi lived on tissue and water her whole (very short) life!

But ..... although I was sad ....... and felt extremely inadequate as a 'mom' ....... I wasn't discouraged for too long ...... I decided to press on ....... and persevere ....... so ....... on the same day ...... April 17 ...... I set a few more seeds ..... and miraculously ..... by the next day ........ three seeds had done ketch (see below) ...... 


                        April 18 - Day
                        

                        April 19 - Day
                        

                        April 19 - Night
                        

                        April 20 (Today)
                        


Once again ..... I found myself in that ...... 'OMG I can't believe it growin so fast' mode! ....... like as tho it was ah new experience!

Retrospection ..... led me to the conclusion ...... that my fascination ..... with seeing a plant grow ...... stemmed from the fact that ....... in my few decades ...... of life ...... I was never responsible for any ...... not a plant ....... not a pet ....... not a child ...... and I have to admit that ...... baby Jodi .... withering before my eyes ...... was very painful ....... cuz all I wuz studin is ....... shit ....... ah cyah even take care of ah plant!!!!! ....... and in that moment of feeling like a failure ...... I remembered the words of a friend ...... who tried to console me ....... by telling me that ...... facilitating sprouting of a seed ...... is one thing ...... but actually transplanting a seedling ..... and taking care of the plant thereafter ...... is quite another! ...... and it made me wonder that ...... if a 'plant' could affect me this way ....... then how in heaven's name ...... could a parent kill their own child????!!!!! ...... but da'is ah whole odda post!!!

More and more ..... with rising food prices ..... we're reading and hearing about ...... becoming self-sufficient ..... about utilising spare land ..... tuh grow yuh own food ...... tuh start a kitchen garden etc ...... and recently ...... a friend of mine even suggested that we ketch our own food ...... as in fishing etc. ...... but what I've come to realise ....... is that ...... all these 'become self-sufficient' ventures ...... all sound wonderful in theory ...... but in reality ...... they're easier said than done ..... cuz they require time .... attention ..... patience ....... and some work too ..... so ..... although ....... so far ..... fuh me ......  growin food ....... hard!! ...... ah tryin again ...... and ah hopin dis time ..... fuh ah green thumb result!

Nex rounds ..... Sweet peppers!!