I haven’t blogged since February. Really?? February????
Guess I need to get better organized. But then, I’ve been really busy. Really, really busy. And last month I got even busier, what with the new calling at church and all. I’m not complaining mind you, just trying to justify my neglect of things.
Before I continue, look at the beautiful green grass behind my garden in the background photo. Doesn’t that look nice? I really, really would like to plant my garden for this year, but a lot of that grass you see back there is currently under water, and there is about a half-acre pond in our woods (“our” meaning ours and Katie’s). We’ll be buying grass seed in bulk when it finally dries up. It’s really very pretty with the ducks paddling around, especially with the sun filtering through late in the afternoon. As soon as we get a few hot days it will begin to stink and start breeding mosquitoes though, so I’m not getting attached to it. Voice of experience here – it’s happened twice before in the 28 years we’ve lived here.
The garden is above the water table and Bud tilled and enlarged it for me today, bless his heart, but it’s all clumps of mud. Nothing is dry enough to work. There’s a possiblity of rain in the forecast every day this week too, so my little pepper, tomato, cabbage, and tomatillo plants will have to wait to get their feet in the ground. And seeds would rot in this cool, soggy soil. It’s way past time to plant the spring garden – sigh.
So instead of planting today I did some canning. I just took 16 pints of chicken out of the canner, and will add it to the 12 jars of strawberry jam I made last week. There is something so very rewarding about putting your own food up. Between the gift card for the local nursery from Elaine and the one for Amazon from Lolly (there are men involved here too, but I know who does the shopping), I am set for the season. The Amazon card went toward three more books on food storage and backyard self sufficiency, and the other card bought the veggie plants.
Anyone else putting in a garden this year? If so, may you enjoy it as much as I do.
Filed under: Food storage, Gardening
