Last week our rain totals here in Southwestern Virginia topped 16 inches. This week we are experiencing Hurricane Joaquin rain bands coming up through South and North Carolina, bringing another possible 8 to 12 inches. There is nowhere left for the water to drain. As soggy as it is here, the flooding images of nearby lowlands blasting across twitter and our teen’s other social media remind me we were wise to prioritize elevation when relocating. Continue reading We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Paddle
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Disorderly Harvest
OK.....what happened to the markets? I turn my back for two weeks and it’s chaos! Get back in there and turn those machines on!
An uncommonly chilly July and August ripened the fruits and vegetables early and certainly not when my new and improved timetable had allotted for picking and canning. This is highly irregular and I lodged a strong protest with Nature’s powers that be, but to no avail. Nothing to do but roll up my sleeves and jump in. Continue reading Disorderly Harvest
Today’s Lessons Are the Gold
Perspective is everything.
Never has it been more important to take each and every failure or problem and learn a lesson from it, thereby turning lemons into lemonade. Yesterday I did something seemingly terrible. I finished pulling out almost half our garden and throwing it away. It wasn’t even fit to be composted.
After three weeks of rain, with only an occasional ray of sunshine peeking through the clouds, our temperatures have remained in the mid 70°s with overnight temps dropping down to the low/mid 60°s. The result was nearly half our tomatoes went bad right on the vine. Worse, the melons turned moldy on the bottoms and the broccoli and cauliflower were standing mush. Nothing could dry out. Continue reading Today’s Lessons Are the Gold