Frost advisory and chilling my ass out
Brain full of thinkythoughts. Sitting with the possibilities. Knowing that the near future holds new work for me — work with food and people and growing. As I said to Lisa B-K today: I need to decide which side of the relationship I want to be on…the growing and selling, the buying, cooking and serving?
So frost advisory tonight, which I’m letting myself feel happy about because just maybe global warming isn’t happening quite as fast as it surely seems like it’s happening. I know, I’m fooling myself. But end of April for last frost is better than last year, which was two weeks earlier. Lila helped me to spread bedsheets over the raised beds and the m-shaped lasagna bed full of tender sprouts of chard, kale, collards, spinach, arugula, carrots, radish, and turnips. Hopefully the peas and fava beans can withstand a little frost, because I didn’t cover those.
No photos. Battery dead (but charging) and brain too full to think about it. Thanks for your patience. I know it’s boring around here lately.
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar."
~Helen Hayes
April 29th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Not boring!
Personally I enjoy the growing of it the most, the selling not so much, the eating a lot! It is interesting to see where this goes.
Check my garbervillefarm.blogspot if you care to see a pic of our fab new planting machine. Love and good weather to you. My favas and peas survived a little frost.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Did you get much frost? It looked damp here this morning but not frosty. (Sort of relief since I didn’t ask my friends to cover the garden beds, but I know what you mean about the warming crap.) I understand about needing to sit with the possibility… hope something reveals itself to you!
April 30th, 2008 at 7:36 am
I agree, not boring at all. It’s these small steps that get us where we need to be. I would love to hear your pros and cons for the growing/selling vs. cooking/serving sides. You seem so good at both it must be difficult to choose.