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Aug 20, 2008 | 8:55 PM PST
Wow, its been a while since I've written in my blog here, but there hasn't been much happening till now. Its been a very cold and wet summer. We weren't able to till the garden till Memorial Day weekend!! WOW! Most of my plants I started in April, had died cause I couldn't get them outside, and there was so little sun. Finally July and August have been much better! The garden is really starting to look good. I've been working hard this year to go out every night after I get home from work. I remember the first year I gardened, I went one whole week before I remembered to go outside and look at the garden after work! I'm not sure what I was thinking! A garden(specially in the growing season) needs tending on a daily basis. Watering, fertilizing, and weeding. And then the picking!!! Oh, I am glad that the tomato's are doing so well!! I put them behind the garage, and cover them each night with remay(not sure how to spell that) when the fog comes in, and it really seems to be helping!!! I have a ton of tomatoes that are about to turn. We've had several days of rain, but this weekend is supposed to be sunny so that should really put the tomato's in overdrive! Gardening is so magical. To be outside with fresh air in your lungs, your hands in the soil, and tenderly watching plants grow seems like it should be a basic part of living, but so many people have never even planted something!! I couldn't imagine. Some of my most wonderful and earliest memories are helping my mom plant the garden. I so loved planing the peas and beans cause there were easy to see when you put them in the ground! I think maybe my love come from bring raised in the country and having farmers all around me till I turned 15. Anyway, I will try to grab some more of my ramblings in the near future and put them down.
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Aug 20, 2008 | 8:55 PM PST
Wow, its been a while since I've written in my blog here, but there hasn't been much happening till now. Its been a very cold and wet summer. We weren't able to till the garden till Memorial Day weekend!! WOW! Most of my plants I started in April, had died cause I couldn't get them outside, and there was so little sun. Finally July and August have been much better! The garden is really starting to look good. I've been working hard this year to go out every night after I get home from work. I remember the first year I gardened, I went one whole week before I remembered to go outside and look at the garden after work! I'm not sure what I was thinking! A garden(specially in the growing season) needs tending on a daily basis. Watering, fertilizing, and weeding. And then the picking!!! Oh, I am glad that the tomato's are doing so well!! I put them behind the garage, and cover them each night with remay(not sure how to spell that) when the fog comes in, and it really seems to be helping!!! I have a ton of tomatoes that are about to turn. We've had several days of rain, but this weekend is supposed to be sunny so that should really put the tomato's in overdrive! Gardening is so magical. To be outside with fresh air in your lungs, your hands in the soil, and tenderly watching plants grow seems like it should be a basic part of living, but so many people have never even planted something!! I couldn't imagine. Some of my most wonderful and earliest memories are helping my mom plant the garden. I so loved planing the peas and beans cause there were easy to see when you put them in the ground! I think maybe my love come from bring raised in the country and having farmers all around me till I turned 15. Anyway, I will try to grab some more of my ramblings in the near future and put them down.
