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"Nitrogen." Embarrassed at my ignorance, I buried my face in a plate of blueberry cobbler.
“氮肥。”我為自己的無(wú)知感到困窘，只得埋頭吃一盤(pán)藍(lán)莓餡餅。
So what did my garden teach me? After long days of staring at bare ground and then urging my puny stalks to grow? Followed by weeks of wishing the corn cobs would finally form and thinking that corn was supposed to be taller, wasn't it? My garden taught me to look before I leap. To take a few minutes and get educated about what I am planting. My garden taught me to ask around to talk to people in the area who have experience with vegetable gardens.
我的菜園教會(huì)了我什么？盯著那片光禿禿的土地看了數(shù)日，又急急地催促著弱小的玉米稈快長(zhǎng)高？接下來(lái)的幾周盼著它快點(diǎn)結(jié)玉米棒，認(rèn)為玉米應(yīng)該長(zhǎng)得再高一點(diǎn)，是這些嗎？我的菜園教會(huì)我要三思而后行；要在種植一樣植物之前花幾分鐘對(duì)它多了解一下；它還教會(huì)我要向周?chē)切┯蟹N植經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人討教。
Now I plant my corn in the sunniest patch of my biggest garden plot. This year I am going to plant beans amongst the corn, with peas on the outskirts. Did you know that beans give the soil nitrogen? Oh, and in my shed I have a bin of nitrogen pellets. And the prize? Big cobs that are 100% covered by sweet, yellow kernels. Loads of delicious staple food for my family to feast on.
現(xiàn)在我把玉米種在了菜園里最大的那塊地里，那里陽(yáng)光最充足。今年我打算在玉米之間的空隙里種上菜豆，并在它們的周?chē)N上豌豆。你知道嗎？菜豆可以為土壤提供氮。哦，我還在棚子里放了一桶氮肥。至于收獲嘛，大大的玉米棒上結(jié)滿了飽滿的金燦燦的玉米粒，這么多的美味主食夠我們一家盡情享受了。
