It's with a heavy heart that I write this first blog of the gardening season. Currently, we are one queer hippie. T is gone (for right now, at least). I don't think I need to go into the details, but suffice it to say that spending time in the garden is both joyous and extremely sad. Knowing that things are going to grow is exciting and heartbreaking. My partner won't be here to share my bounty with, she won't be here to watch things grow with, she won't be here to make fun of me when I squeal with delight as each seedling pops out of the ground. For now, she is gone. For now, my contentment in weeding and watering is followed by a feeling that the air is being sucked out of a hole in my chest. She will always be the greatest love of my life. She is growing in her own way. And so am I. I hope this summer brings tremendous growth to everything. Enough of the emoting, here are some pictures of what is happening right now in the garden.
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| My downstairs neighbors are starting their plot on this lovely afternoon. Can you believe a week ago today it snowed?! |
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| We should have a nice haul of strawberries in June. This year, they started flowering in March. The earliest flowers yet. |
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| Onion flowers. These onions are so potent that they make my eyes water when I eat them. |
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| Woohoo!!!! My favorite medicinal flower, borage, is volunteering this years crop. I cannot wait to see them. |
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| I went bulk trash shopping and found a whole crib. I made pea trellises out of the two ends. The other two sides, I will bury in another part of the garden for more peas. |
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| Garlic and onions. I will be planting the second round of bulbs tomorrow. |
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| Number Three is watering in this glorious sunshine and warmth. He surprised me at the garden and wanted to help. I gave up asking the boys to help me last year. When we did it as a whole family it was awesome, but they only want to text and play on their Nooks (the worst idea for a Christmas present I ever had). |
