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Good Morning, Fellow Garden Friend!
The end of August evokes mixed emotions. I see dying plants that began life as seedlings in a brightly lit corner of our home. They are mostly tomatoes that have rendered their fruit and are now rapidly withering away.
Our beans, seeded back in late April and May are also waning, after yielding us the best bean crop ever. For days on end, we gathered fistfuls of purple and yellow pods. The last to go is the black dry beans. We should have planted more. It looks like the total harvest will be about a quart jar’s worth.
Another lesson to apply another year.
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| We are glad and grateful for this bounty and at the same time, saddened to be yanking them out of their earthly home and tossing them into the burn barrel. Our zucchini plants met the same fate weeks ago as they were overtaken by squash vine borers and squash bugs.
ALWAYS GRATEFUL
We focus on the gratitude for having the space, the time, and (hopefully) the ever-growing wisdom that comes with the seasons. And just the other evening we watched a fine film that highlights the very same experiences.
On a flight from Atlanta to home, I began watching a documentary called The Biggest Little Farm. It was a short flight, so I got to see just a portion. But it was so engaging, I knew the entire family would enjoy seeing it from start to finish.
We highly recommend anyone aspiring to start small farming see the film as both inspiration and a reality check. John and Molly Chester show us the gains and the pitfalls when they aim to farm in sustainable modes using organic, biodiverse, and permaculture approaches.
This certainly inspires us and gives us perspective. The cycles, the circles of life and death sustain us. So, as I place the last noble tomato vine in the fire, I turn to the rows of little greens and carrots and broccoli. Grateful to be a gardener immersed in this amazing impermanence.
So, dear friends, when you look upon your own little patch of Eden, may you see that it is Good.
Cheers! ~Coleman for GardensAll.com |
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