Monday, May 28, 2012
Since Saturday at about 8 a.m. I have been mulching, mowing,
weeding, planting and doing the basics of summer gardening. When I was a kid I hated gardening. Hated may not be as strong a word as the
feeling I had really was. Now it is part of the rhythms of my life.
For years now I have planted tomatoes and basil. I have some other herbs out there like
rosemary and tarragon. I think I may
have planted a bell pepper. I have given
up on melons, at least the ones that grow in the ground. Of all the vegetables I think tomatoes are
the best. I have a variety of heirlooms
that I plant. I cannot tell you the joy I
feel eating real tomatoes and not the rubber balls colored red that fill the
supermarket shelves.
I did a couple of other odd jobs. I got the back yard fountain working. I had to disassemble the little pump motor
but I did get it clean. Now it is just gurgling
away. I can’t fix much. Still, being
able to take care of a little job feels quite good.
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