In my perfect world I will be working at home and garden work will be easily integrated into daily life. As I am not there yet and the rains have come, my mind has moved on to my many creative projects swirling around. Alas, Tobias is coaxing me into the garden this morning to harvest garbanzo beans and flax. I had already let them go. The garbanzos, laying down under the rain, are surely not going to provide the pantry with a large winter staple. When will I get to processing the flax? Where am I going to store it? That dream is not here yet. I know better than to think such negative thoughts, but here I am and once again Tobias is ready to go out after a ten hour overnight shift on the Crisis team. "About thirty minutes," he says as he grabs his first harvest of bees wax to make a salve. This guy has boundless energy. Back to the garden. I've got to stop this pattern of slacking on the harvest. The tomatoes are finally ripening, providing lovely dinner foods and the sunflowers are falling over with the weight of their huge heads and the influx of rain. The cucumbers are trying to hang on despite our lack of watering in the greenhouse. "It was a perfect amount," Tobias chimes in in the background as I'm writing. What a jolly soul. We will see if the white pole beans drying in the workshop have dried enough. The lettuce seeds may be ready for harvest and planting too. Hmmm. What else can I bring in before the wood calls me to start a fire? Even a small harvest is a good thing and a late one is better than never.
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AuthorMy name is Judy Moore and I am a student of life focused on self-development especially in regard to increasing our abilities and understanding in all realms. Archives
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