just ordered a TON of seeds 4 the garden...

  

Totally excited.

The joy of garden planning:

images in your mind of swaying choruses of bright sunflowers,

cathedrals of pole beans clambering higher and higher,

pumpkin & melon vines crawling low,

ferreting out unclaimed patches of sunshine,

and the sweetest, richest tomato ever, cut up in your bowl,

still warm, swilling aged Balsamic vinegar.

And other delightful produce.

And all the buggy friends we make along the way.

Ah.....

And then they arrive, those potent packets of potential.

So exciting! Time to embark!

Then I'll read the directions of the first packet.

Envision the work I have to do:
add ash, compost, manure to the soil

when to plant,
how deep should the seeds go, how far apart,
thin the seedlings when and how far apart,
early vs. later watering needs (we don't get rain),

the pH the plant prefers (vs. what we have),

potential bug or fungal foes and ways to foil them,

do I treat the seed before planting it
(soak, scarify, refrigerate, inoculate),

do I stake,
prune,
fertilize,
shade it,
& if so, when?

Okay, it'll seem like a lot. But, doable. And worth it.

Then I'll read the next packet. And its instructions.

And the next one.

And the next.

Until I freeze. Overload.

And stare out the window at the garden, asea. 

I'll never get it all done.

And I'll take a break.

Maybe for the rest of the day.

Maybe a week. Maybe more.

But, eventually, on an irrationally cheerful day...

it begins again.

=)

Every year is a new beginning.


And I can't wait!

xoxobb