The old fence post just snapped off and that hungry animal walked right on in. I can just picture her now – munching and smiling … I think I can even hear her saying “Thanks for watering this evening, everything is so juicy!”
I must have stood at the gate in disbelief for a full minute this morning. I was a little groggy, before coffee. Looking at the big empty space where I expected to see green happy veggie babies. She even ate the dill.
And the pepper plants, orange, red, yellow and jalapeno – I was really proud that I had such variety. Had. Bummer.
Well, look at it this way (I thought) – so much more free time for me this summer, without a garden to fuss over. No sprinklers to fix, no weeding, no mulching, no harvesting. I can get everything I need at the farmers market ! There, no crisis. I’m satisfied. Ha! Oh yeah right – (I thought again) – my garden is what I do with my free time in the summer ! I love weeding, mulching, harvesting … maybe not fixing sprinklers so much, but –
So, I went to three nurseries and a hardware store …. replaced the red pepper, the jalapeno, the dill, found some okra ! – bought two. And some German chamomile just to smell good when I brush against it. Ah, I’m feeling much better now. I’m fixing my fence. The crisis is over.
I can’t wait to be so busy in my garden, and wondering where all of my free time goes.
As always, at this time of year – I want to say thanks to our local nurseries (and the hardware store) for having such a good supply of veggie starts. I found un-sprayed, locally grown, healthy plants (TWICE) !
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