Lisa, please keep writing -- in between attention to that hoophouse and garlic! Your words are like a breath of fresh air, a welcome rain, in this parched place. Keep it up! Happy anniversary to you and Jim, and hello to L!
So good to see you in my inbox this morning. Oof, I am with you on the fallow garden, aging body, waning energy, and caution when reading accounts like that in AHP's Culture Study this weekend. It slayed me in a not very healthy way. I've fantasized about relocating to Taos (or Maine, or Vermont, or or or...) for about 6 years now and I have to constantly remind myself that I'm not managing what I have, which is a postage stamp of land. This season having Covid in spring and still dealing with ongoing issues has stolen all of my energetic winter planning and planting. Now the work to get my garden usable again feels so far beyond my strength and stamina, which is about as close to nil as one can get. I'm seriously depressed about it all. I really need to find that intentional community situation soon. I wonder if our vendors are experiencing rude customers too. We've had a couple of incredibly rude vendors to deal with this year, which has not happened in a long time. Oh, and congrats on your anniversary!
If you are up for a trip to the farm, I could set you up with season extension supplies! Just putting it out there. Oh, and I am going to start growing food to sell again, and it is kinda daunting at 55. ;)
Lisa, please keep writing -- in between attention to that hoophouse and garlic! Your words are like a breath of fresh air, a welcome rain, in this parched place. Keep it up! Happy anniversary to you and Jim, and hello to L!
So good to see you in my inbox this morning. Oof, I am with you on the fallow garden, aging body, waning energy, and caution when reading accounts like that in AHP's Culture Study this weekend. It slayed me in a not very healthy way. I've fantasized about relocating to Taos (or Maine, or Vermont, or or or...) for about 6 years now and I have to constantly remind myself that I'm not managing what I have, which is a postage stamp of land. This season having Covid in spring and still dealing with ongoing issues has stolen all of my energetic winter planning and planting. Now the work to get my garden usable again feels so far beyond my strength and stamina, which is about as close to nil as one can get. I'm seriously depressed about it all. I really need to find that intentional community situation soon. I wonder if our vendors are experiencing rude customers too. We've had a couple of incredibly rude vendors to deal with this year, which has not happened in a long time. Oh, and congrats on your anniversary!
If you are up for a trip to the farm, I could set you up with season extension supplies! Just putting it out there. Oh, and I am going to start growing food to sell again, and it is kinda daunting at 55. ;)