It's always sweet to come home to my garden after a few days away. Late this afternoon I took up all the remaining tomatoes, castor beans and corn as the 23F* over the weekend did them in. Eric roto-tilled the vegetable garden while I was away and he moved the new cold frame (the repurposed old front storm door) into the fenced part of the garden... Eight feet tall two feet wide three feet deep at the back and two at the front. Gor -geous!!! So tonight at dusk after four days away I HAD to go out into the garden as the sun set for a spell. Therapy. Vin avec le petite amis les doggies. Tycho and Kahli were of course thrilled with my return and even though the garden had frosted over it sang to me and said "where have you been?" I dug another 2 pounds of potatoes and replanted some yukon gold seed roots in the new cold frame. I have beautiful dark compost all around the beds with my own mulch. Can I convey my excitement in writing? I also planted turnips and parsley and lettuce and greens in the cold frame. We shall see grasshopper-- oh cynical ones..xomo
About Me
- Johansdottir
- Native Bostonian Celtic- Nordic female, recovering Catholic, mother, daughter, sister, master gardener, ex-wife, stepmother, aunt, cousin, friend, girlfriend, nurse, seasoned, suspicious, suspect, innocent fugitive with Schnauzers. Trying to live under the radar with big opinions is never easy. Living in another country would help. But where could an American woman go to live as well as we do at home?
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