The Second Harvest

Today began the second harvest of the summer. We collected the plants which had germinated first and mercilessly pulled off their leaves in order to scan them. Then, we removed the plants from the dirt and washed their roots clean. Obviously I managed to get myself completely covered in mud - and obviously I had chosen today to wear my new, super-soft sweater. Goddamn. There was an infestation of aphids yesterday - Lauren (my lab partner) thinks that they blew in through the side vents of the greenhouse when someone was cutting the grass. You wouldn't think so but aphids (see pic above) are super sneaky creatures.

Anyways, I have to wake up early tomorrow to give the plants their early morning watering. However, I enjoyed the following article below - so I am passing it along to you:

"US town set to ban saggy trousers" From BBC.com