{"id":3040,"date":"2018-05-05T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T17:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2018-05-05T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T17:15:04","slug":"the-best-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/2018\/05\/05\/the-best-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"The best experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a long winter, but spring is finally here. It’s a beautiful day, starting from breakfast on the deck, watching the birds over the lake.<\/p>\n

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And it’s time for someone who hasn’t done an experiment in a dozen years (at least with his own hands<\/em>) to pick up–not a pipette–a garden trowel.<\/p>\n

For years now I have been the fortunate recipient of delicious summer vegetables from colleagues who have second careers as backyard farmers. Now, finally with a little backyard space of my own, it’s time for this nearly-flunked and unwilling student of botany to throw in his trowel. And so I did!<\/p>\n

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I purchased 7 tomato plants: 3 “Park’s Whoppers” (recommended and approved by an experienced colleague), a Nebraskan Cornhusker cherry tomato plant, a grape tomato plant, a “heirloom tomato” plant and one other larger tomato species.<\/p>\n

The fun thing about this “experiment” is that I can make it as subjective as I like! I can “quantify” how much I like each type of tomato, balanced by the hardiness and time for each plant to come to fruition, coupled with a factor for the yield from each plant–and come up with a mathematical equation for what to plant next season. Or not. Perhaps I will just decide subjectively whatever tastes the best.<\/p>\n

For now, all I can do is wait it out. In the time it takes for a submitted grant to be reviewed, I will (hopefully) be able to indulge in delicious ripe tomatoes.<\/p>\n

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