I planted my bonsai tree today. I have finished cold stratifying the seeds in my refrigerator and so, according to the instructions, they are ready to germinate and grow into fine Jack Pines. Tragically, only the strongest one will survive to rule the peat.

I know nothing about plant life except what I learned in AP Biology, which knowledge pertained to xylem and phloem rather than care and feeding. So I hope my experiment in horticulture succeeds.

Summer has been going swimmingly.