The plants I have in the three and five gallon pots aren’t doing well at all. I’m not sure what the problem is, but I just finished basically re-potting them with a mix of composted manure and the dirt they were in. When I go to the store this week, I guess I’ll try to find some organic fertilizer that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

I’m hoping the poor plants don’t react to the new dirt mixture the way my hands did. I now have bright red palms that feel really warm, and I am not sure why. I’ve never had any sort of strange reaction to any natural gardening product before, not even pure and natural cow poo, so this is a little weird.

All I can do now is hope they don’t die overnight and that maybe this will help them out a little in some way. They are developing good root structures, and they don’t have any bugs chewing on them, so I don’t have any idea what, other than a lack of nutrients, could be making the plants themselves not grow better.

Ugh. Now I have to go figure out what to make for dinner when I don’t feel like making anything at all. Hope we have some sandwich stuff, ’cause that’s about all I feel like making.