Things That Should Not Come in From the Garden

Thing # 1 - CAULIFLOWER THAT HAS GONE TO FLOWER.  Yuck 

I was out in the garden trying to sort out what was weed and what was edible.  One thing for sure, cauliflower is my nemesis.  I have never been able to get a good forming head of cauliflower and this season is no different. I planted early, but our weather is crazy crazy.  I planted three cauliflower plants and they bolted to a flower and are very bitter.   However, one of the cauliflowers did manage to form a fairly white head before it bloomed and therefore it is not bitter.  I plan on eating it.  Never bring in a bolted head of Cauliflower, you WILL be disappointed.

Thing # 2 - UN INSPECTED DOGS.  Never bring in your dog before checking what he was doing in the garden.
I wasn't watching Merit while I was weeding this morning.  He has a new haircut because he gets so hot in the summer.  It might seem wrong to cut the hair on a Sheltie, but his is so thick he is really uncomfortable outside, and he loves his yard.  Well, to make the story short, I called him in to a nice clean house to discover he had dug himself a little cave in the rock wall and wallowed in the dirt.  He went out nice and clean and came in full of dirt.  I wish they had an automatic Dog Wash. 

Thing # 3 - THIS SHOULD NOT GO OUT INTO THE GARDEN.  My new cute brown sandals I paid almost nothing for, but love.  I got busy weeding and throwing weeds and dirt everywhere then noticed what shoes I was wearing.  Once I quit my weeding project and come in to change those shoes, I am not going back out in that baking sun.  I came in anyway. I hope I didn't destroy my lovely Walmart cheapo brown sandals.  I just can't bear it.

Thing # 4 - BUGS MUST ALWAYS STAY OUTSIDE.  I have brought my fair share of earwigs and ants into the kitchen on the lettuce and leafy green plants.  I don't use insecticides on my garden, I believe in "share and share alike:  However, if they come into the house, I do my best to feed them to the disposal.  Once in a while one will make a break for the counter top and I blast it with my handy dandy faucet sprayer, or Lysol cleaner, then I feed it to the disposal.  That was the case today.  I was focused on the last spinach of the season, I wanted every last edible leaf.  Snip snip swish swish and on to the paper towel.  The fan is spinning in the kitchen and a thought a loose hair brushed my neck, so I quickly brushed it back with my hand.  Yikes, Ugh, Ick, Oh No, it was something squishy soft and large.  Chill, shiver, recoil, fling into the sink.  IT'S A SPIDER.  I'm doing the spider dance all over the kitchen floor.  Shake, scrape, brush do it all again, put your right foot out and shake it all about and do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around, that's what it's all about.  Gotta Love Gardening!