I wish to apologize to my faithful readers, for my long absence. This has not been for lack of things to say; but for lack of energy. Many hours a day for the past six months have been spent weeding, digging, planting, raking, and tending to plants – followed by preparing meals and washing dishes (by hand) before falling, exhausted, into bed. Often, my hands have been too painful to even hold a pen or to type. In addition, I participated in our local farmers market to relieve us of excess produce that we could not use.
While the demands of the garden have lessened somewhat, the garden chores have yet to be completed. I still must plant the garlic, the spring flowering bulbs, and sow the seed that requires cold stratification in order to germinate in the spring. I will be receiving 10 trees from The Arbor Day Foundation, which need to be planted as well, before we have a hard freeze. We have not had rain for two months, which worries me, although as is typical for this part of the country, the first snow of the season is due to arrive along with Halloween, or possibly a day early.
I still have much planning to do for next year’s garden – installing raised beds, planting a hedgerow, and (hopefully) constructing a greenhouse. I will also be starting a part time job so that I do not succumb to the winter blues. I will aim for posting two blogs per week, since there is so much happening in our world at this time. The conversation here is far from finished, so please do comment, like, dislike, and above all, question everything. Conversation will benefit us all.
