This year marks my fourth go round at gardening. Having wound up in the ER for the past 3 Augusts (about the time I stress out for not being able to pick it all or freeze it quick enough or or block a few days to can it) I'm going with a different model this year...
Instead of planting my entire 1-acre plot (yes, I know I could've started with something smaller, but the planting and tilling parts I love...It's the "watching it rot on the vine" that wigs me out), I decided this year to break my garden into 4 segments. Several benefits to this one...For one, I get to divide things up...
--Give watermelon a garden of their own since they vine all over everything...
--Give corn its own space right where the dogs can keep watch at night and bark at deer who come our way
--Plant in cycles so it's not all coming in at once. (This one's worth the price of the ticket alone~ What a concept!)
The good news is, the seeds are planted, the lavender tilled, the garden is laid out and ready to go...
The bad news is, I could barely move by the time I settled in for the night, and am walking kinda funny today. I texted my right hand man, Pat this morning to see if he was ready to quit only to have him call me a rookie and tell me he thought yesterday was a blast~
I do have to say, I've been blessed with some great careers in my life, but none is more rewarding than farming.
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