Well I am currently enjoying a brief and rare treat of both boys napping at the same time! So what to do, what to do....write a post of course. My garden, oh, my little garden how you perplex me so. I am still learning and I think I always will be about how to best grow food. My first growing season here in our new home was all about trial and error and this year was mostly about error. The Sugar Snap peas were our big success. The squirrels were happy about my heirloom tomatoes but we were not. Brandywine and I are officially done. The Paul Robesons did not do great. The squash had lovely blossoms but never turned into anything and the green peppers were small and not flavourful. So, what to do? Well plant tulip bulbs, clean out the pots and rethink it all for next season. We will plant more peas, try some different tomatoes and since I have loved my cooking classes taken this fall I think a container gardening class is in order. Something is wrong with my methods whether it is the potting soil composition or the watering or fertilizing - I'm not sure. And while I'm at it I'll be sure to consult the star charts on the best planting days next season. But reading other gardener's words gives me hope: it is all a journey and I may never figure it all out. Sometimes things work and sometimes they don't. C'est la vie and that's gardening folks.
I'm happy that I tried, that the whole family loved eating sugar snaps right off the vine on the balcony and that under the earth we planted 12 yellow and orange tulips to grace us next spring after the primroses share their splendor. And if they don't come up we'll just try, try again.
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