Thursday, January 17, 2008

Day 84: The day we said goodbye

Today we made a difficult decision. After weeks of struggling, it was determined that we had to cut down the first sprout. It was no longer growing and we needed to know why.

We cut the stalk at ground level and have layed it out to dry. We unearthed the root and found no recent growth. We are not sure what caused it, but the root itself is dead.

We may have sabateurs amongst us or we just don't know what the hell it is we are doing, but either way, this mustn't happen again.

The new box and the 4 new sprouts in it are thriving and have shown much more life in recent days. Our hopes for a bamboo wall took a big hit today, but unlike that first stalk will not die!

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