Hello!
I hope you are all getting through this with support from your web of friends and family. My heart goes out to everyone who has lost a loved one, or is suffering from this virus in anyway. Here in BC, Canada, we are sitting in self isolation for an indefinite amount of time. Which I am grateful to be able to do. We also have a lovely calm leader in our health care system that gives a feeling of optimism. Even with all of that being said it is still a time of uncertainty. I am looking at it as a time for change, an opportunity to help Earth heal. Already the effects of our global shut down is happening before our eyes. Nature is starting to correct our errors in very little time. They are estimating that our shut down will be until July, imagine the changes by then.
Stay strong people.
I have always loved my garden, being in nature, crafting and a slower pace so I must admit that this is alright for me. I was a bit nervous when there was no flour or yeast to be had, I have been making bread for over twenty years and never had a problem finding flour and yeast. But to my delight, they were both back on the shelves yesterday. I am really missing the freedom of seeing our family whenever we wanted, but this isn't permanent. So I am making the most of this time. I hope that you find a place of contentment as well.
With the help of my husband, I am making some more changes in the garden. We are building three more raised beds and I going to grow as much food as possible, as a personal challenge. Weather and circumstances permitting.
We are still breaking up the snow to speed up the melting. The top north corner of our garden always is the first to peek through, where I've planted many crocuses. They have managed to survive all my garden rearranging. Soon I should see tulips, crocuses, alliums, hyacinths, snowdrops, I can't wait!
It always amazes me how they can push through the leaves that fell on them last fall. The leaves act like a blanket through winter and now nutrition in the spring as they break down. They say the fallen leaves are like garden soil gold! I believe it, my soil has changed dramatically from all the organic material we've added. Fallen leaves, woodchips, compost, mushroom manure whatever was available.
Crocuses poking through the candytuft.
This wooden bowl was arranged last spring. I filled it with chicks and hens and some crystals. It sat on our round table up on our patio last summer, but I thought it would have a better chance protected by the snow in the garden for winter. I'll go through it, clean it up and take it back up there again in April. It looks like most of the chicks and hens survived. Thank goodness.
Some tulips are poking out now!
I think these guys are Alliums. I added more last fall, they don't seem to survive as well as the tulips and they slowly dwindle away in numbers. They are so lovely in the early summer. And the bees LOVE them.
WARNING if you don't like messy gardens, look away!
This was summer 2017.
Here in our zone four or five, spring can not come soon enough!
At the bottom of our garden where our pool used to sit, is where our new raised veggie beds will be.
It takes a bit for the soil to warm down there, but it gets a lot of sun through the summer. Along the back fence is a row of raspberries. They are delicious, and now they will have the space they deserve.
It's so messy, very difficult to leave like this. I want so badly to start the spring clean up, but it never ends well for my plants. They like to stay cosy and covered until the nights warm up. Probably another week or two. I've lost so many plants through my lack of patience.
Inside, my flower afghan is almost done. I've almost completed nine rows of ten, I think I'm going to make one more row. Nine rows of eleven. Why not, I've come this far. Then the attaching begins! Horray! Somehow I have to figure out how to get another skein of grey yarn though.... Hmmm...
Until next time,
stay strong, stay calm and stay healthy.
I hope you are all getting through this with support from your web of friends and family. My heart goes out to everyone who has lost a loved one, or is suffering from this virus in anyway. Here in BC, Canada, we are sitting in self isolation for an indefinite amount of time. Which I am grateful to be able to do. We also have a lovely calm leader in our health care system that gives a feeling of optimism. Even with all of that being said it is still a time of uncertainty. I am looking at it as a time for change, an opportunity to help Earth heal. Already the effects of our global shut down is happening before our eyes. Nature is starting to correct our errors in very little time. They are estimating that our shut down will be until July, imagine the changes by then.
Stay strong people.
I have always loved my garden, being in nature, crafting and a slower pace so I must admit that this is alright for me. I was a bit nervous when there was no flour or yeast to be had, I have been making bread for over twenty years and never had a problem finding flour and yeast. But to my delight, they were both back on the shelves yesterday. I am really missing the freedom of seeing our family whenever we wanted, but this isn't permanent. So I am making the most of this time. I hope that you find a place of contentment as well.
With the help of my husband, I am making some more changes in the garden. We are building three more raised beds and I going to grow as much food as possible, as a personal challenge. Weather and circumstances permitting.
We are still breaking up the snow to speed up the melting. The top north corner of our garden always is the first to peek through, where I've planted many crocuses. They have managed to survive all my garden rearranging. Soon I should see tulips, crocuses, alliums, hyacinths, snowdrops, I can't wait!
Crocuses poking through the candytuft.
This wooden bowl was arranged last spring. I filled it with chicks and hens and some crystals. It sat on our round table up on our patio last summer, but I thought it would have a better chance protected by the snow in the garden for winter. I'll go through it, clean it up and take it back up there again in April. It looks like most of the chicks and hens survived. Thank goodness.
Some tulips are poking out now!
WARNING if you don't like messy gardens, look away!
This was summer 2017.
At the bottom of our garden where our pool used to sit, is where our new raised veggie beds will be.
It takes a bit for the soil to warm down there, but it gets a lot of sun through the summer. Along the back fence is a row of raspberries. They are delicious, and now they will have the space they deserve.
It's so messy, very difficult to leave like this. I want so badly to start the spring clean up, but it never ends well for my plants. They like to stay cosy and covered until the nights warm up. Probably another week or two. I've lost so many plants through my lack of patience.
Inside, my flower afghan is almost done. I've almost completed nine rows of ten, I think I'm going to make one more row. Nine rows of eleven. Why not, I've come this far. Then the attaching begins! Horray! Somehow I have to figure out how to get another skein of grey yarn though.... Hmmm...
stay strong, stay calm and stay healthy.
