It was a sunny but cool and breezy day when we partied at my house to get my seedlings planted. 9 students and 2 parents showed up (Khoi and the parents are not in the picture.)
We feasted on a great deal of home cooking. including a huge fruit salad, two noodle dishes, unlimited liquids, and the usual grilled chicken, burgers, and dogs. Sam didn't stop eating the whole time.
We worked from roughly 1PM to 6PM: as you can see, we got a little punchy towards the end. All 1000 daylily seedlings got planted in two beds (see the smaller one below.) Then we walked down the street, and I treated everybody to Thai food for dinner.
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Doesn't look like much, does it? But look below at the results of last year's party as it comes into bloom. 1500 seedlings starting to bloom. These early ones are predominantly white and melon shades. Later the purple and red shades will open to the right.
I'm really grateful to the partying helpers: we got planted in one day what would normally take me at least 4 backbreaking days.
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