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Survivor Garden!

Posted on September 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM

Yesterday evening as I got home from work, I detoured out to the garden before heading into the house - to pick red bell peppers growing in the greenhouse to use in the evening meal preparation.   Imagine my surprise to find two of our deck chairs situated in the middle of the greenhouse so that they made a makeshift chair with footrest!   Further investigation revealed carrot tops littered about the garden walkways.   What the heck was going on?             

             

It turns out that early that morning, my husband stepped outside to talk to a Comcast serviceman that stopped by while investigating a disruption of service occurring in the neighborhood.   Unfortunately, he closed the door as he went outside and ended up locking himself out of the house.   The shop and garage were also locked up tight.   He was wearing lightweight clothes, did not have his cell phone, had not had breakfast, and his keys were inside.   Our daughter was attending classes at the college and I was at work.   He was suddenly the lone player in a mini version of "Survivor".   It was not some tropical paradise setting though.   It was "Survivor Modern Victory Garden"!         

                         

 

 

He knew that our daughter would be coming home later in the afternoon.   He just needed to Outwit, Outplay, and most importantly - Outlast the situation!   Since it was cold and he was not dressed well, he set up his base camp in the greenhouse, which provided passive solar warmth.   A few deck chairs positioned for comfort and he was good to go!   Water was easy (the garden water spigot) he just needed food since he missed breakfast.   What was a guy to do?   Enjoy a veritable smorgasbord of berries (strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries) and carrots of course!   The berries did not leave behind evidence of his plight, but the scattered carrot tops (that for some reason did not transport themselves to the compost pile) did!         

    

The good news is.... he survived!   The bad news is..... Survivor Modern Victory Garden does not have a $1 million prize for the sole survivor winner - just a warm house, a comfortable recliner chair, and a cup of tea.

Categories: Just For Fun, Greenhouse, Vegetables

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9 Comments

Reply Annie's Granny
12:19 AM on September 23, 2009 
Oh, that is so funny! You'll have to tell Mr. KitsapFG that he had it much easier than Mr. H did last spring, when he had to climb on the patio table, force open the kitchen window and hoist his not-very-small body through, only to put his foot in the garbage disposal!
Reply Becky
06:44 AM on September 23, 2009 
That's awesome! :) Thank goodness for the comfort of a wonderful garden!
Reply hsheather
08:15 AM on September 23, 2009 
That is so neat! How fun to just graze through the garden all day. I'm sure he didn't think so though!
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
08:32 AM on September 23, 2009 
AG - I will pass that along to Mr. KitsapFG. He will get a chuckle out of it particularly since he tried all the windows (several times) before he resigned himself to gutting it out in the garden.

Becky - He just needed some hot tea, a sweatshirt, a mini tv, and a bit of cheese and crackers to turn it into paradise from his perspective. LOL!

hsheather - He apparently was pretty distraught for the first hour or so (it was cold and he was a little panicked) but then he calmed down, ate something and the greenhouse started really warming up well.
Reply GrafixMuse
07:47 AM on September 24, 2009 
Oh dear! Hope Mr. K is recovering from his adventure in the great outdoors. Now I am sure that a spare key will be placed somewhere in a secret place on the property or with a neighbor just in case the Comcast serviceman visits again ☺
Reply GarlicMan
11:49 AM on September 24, 2009 
Your greenhouse is the new "mancave"... LOL.

After locking myself out the same way two weeks in a row and having to get my spare key from a neighbor, I had several extra keys made and they are buried is places only my wife and I know about. (No, the keys are definately not at the bottom of the compost pile! Although after a trip to three local Starbucks, my compost pile smells like coffee.)

It is still warm here in North Central Texas, so I don't have to worry about surviving the elements... yet. Tell Mr K that I empathize.

Mike aka GarlicMan76458
Reply Daphne
05:48 PM on September 24, 2009 
When we moved into this place we changed all the locks as one usually does, but we also made them so you have to use a key to lock the house. I'm a real space case sometimes so it is the perfect solution for me.
Reply Dan
08:57 PM on September 24, 2009 
Ha, that's funny. Good thing there was a garden to be pillaged :-)
Reply kitsapfreedomgardener
10:45 PM on September 24, 2009 
GrafixMuse - We used to have a spare tucked away but it seems to have migrated back into the house and was never returned to its proper hidden location. I am pretty sure that will be attended to (if not done so already!).

Mike - This would be Man Cave number 2 then because the shop definitely is Man Cave number 1! Got to love those coffee smelling compost piles! :D

Daphne - Our last house was like that and it was definitely a help in ensuring this kind of thing did not happen.

Dan - I am just glad he did not set up an obstacle course for an immunity challenge as entertainment. One could use the PVC hoops and vertical grow supports to create a pretty interesting challenge!