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I am feeling...
relaxed, and pleased. Website is up, children are behaving (as they usually do, thank heavens!), vacation time is coming, and I'm feeling warm and happy for no reason at all. Should I have that checked, LOL?
There is much to do to prepare for winter, and I am not looking forward to clearing the garden for the fall planting; but I *am* looking forward to eating lots of lettuce and mesclun this winter. I am planning to try my hand at building a hoophouse over my raised beds - rubbing hands together - those yellow tomatoes that we had this summer were absolutely mouthwatering, and I want them all winter long... yummy, yummy!!
I'm learning a lot about gardening... and my lack of knowledge about indigenous plants. Have you ever noticed that, when you discover a new edible, it decides that there are better places to live? Especially when it is normally considered a "weed"? I haven't had a decent amount of dandelions grow here since I got here (smile)!
My neighbors have been both generous and gracious in teaching and helping me. Especially when, after telling me that I could cut their okra, I asked them why do they cut down such beautiful plants? It turns out that "cutting" okra is the term for "picking" okra! Fortunately, I have a rule, which is my Prime Directive: Ask before you do something. Thank heavens! Otherwise, my neighbors would have been looking for me... I would have cut down all their beautiful okra plants! LOL!
Anyway, by the time the fall garden is finished, I will have lost the last of the baby weight. It's not a lot of weight, but it keeps me from fitting comfortably into my 'tester' jeans (yes, vanity rears its ugly head :->). Right now, my eldest is wearing them. I've warned her not to get attached to them, because they are MINE, lol!!
There is much to do to prepare for winter, and I am not looking forward to clearing the garden for the fall planting; but I *am* looking forward to eating lots of lettuce and mesclun this winter. I am planning to try my hand at building a hoophouse over my raised beds - rubbing hands together - those yellow tomatoes that we had this summer were absolutely mouthwatering, and I want them all winter long... yummy, yummy!!
I'm learning a lot about gardening... and my lack of knowledge about indigenous plants. Have you ever noticed that, when you discover a new edible, it decides that there are better places to live? Especially when it is normally considered a "weed"? I haven't had a decent amount of dandelions grow here since I got here (smile)!
My neighbors have been both generous and gracious in teaching and helping me. Especially when, after telling me that I could cut their okra, I asked them why do they cut down such beautiful plants? It turns out that "cutting" okra is the term for "picking" okra! Fortunately, I have a rule, which is my Prime Directive: Ask before you do something. Thank heavens! Otherwise, my neighbors would have been looking for me... I would have cut down all their beautiful okra plants! LOL!
Anyway, by the time the fall garden is finished, I will have lost the last of the baby weight. It's not a lot of weight, but it keeps me from fitting comfortably into my 'tester' jeans (yes, vanity rears its ugly head :->). Right now, my eldest is wearing them. I've warned her not to get attached to them, because they are MINE, lol!!