I meant to go out and check on the spinach this last weekend. I really did. I probably could have had a harvest. I meant to transplant my lettuce and onions before this rainstorm we are having. I really should have. This last week was all about coulda, woulda, shoulda in the garden. The only thing that got in were radishes and the only thing that was eaten of the stores was part of a jar of apple butter. Pretty sad. I was just so busy, I was forgetting to eat and when I did I just grabbed cheese and crackers - and apple butter.
I have been busy working fixing up our house. The first showings start on April 6th. So far I have the garage cleaned out and the upstairs cleaned out. There has been lots of freecycling going on. This week I have a schedule to do all the rest. Then my daughter drops a bombshell on me at the last minute. She is looking at grad schools and had decided she wanted either Brown, Brandeis or Tufts from the schools that had responded already. I think she was counting on Brown, because it was the last one she saw and after it she was freaking out. She wasn't really happy with it after talking to the profs. So the next two weekends might entail flying to UC Davis and Buffalo. And she still hasn't heard from UPenn and Ottawa. So I might be flying all over come the next two weekends. Arrrrggghhh. Luckily my planting schedule says I don't need anymore inside seeding until April 3rd.
So I've not been holding up my side of harvest Monday very well. All I've got are excuses. I can only hope you all are doing better. So If you have a harvest or have been eating your harvests up in some way. Show me that life can be normal - at least our kind of normal, and add your name and URL to Mr. Linky below.
If it weren't for the leeks.... Good luck with your daughter's grad school decisions!
ReplyDeleteOh boy, it sounds like things are going to be really busy for you for a while. At least until the move. Probably best to try to go low maintenance in the garden until then so you don't go crazy.
ReplyDeleteNo harvest for me yet, unless you count a few onion clippings, garlic pulled from the sfg that wasn't supposed to be there, and a few spinach leaves that were broken off the seedlings as I moved them around. I can't wait to get some things in the garden.
I had not heard that latest grad school news. How nice that she has so many options to choose from though.
ReplyDeleteWell, Id say school-choosing trumps gardening! Hopefully you can squeeze in needed chores when you can.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, I've been wondering for a while how you figure the $ of the veggies you harvest. Can you tell me, or point me to a place where you talked about it before?
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Gidday Daphne ... I guess when it rains, it pours ... and sometimes life happens ... all the best to you and your family with all these life changing events!!! And don't worry, the garden will wait for you! Take care ...
ReplyDeleteAli, well you do get eggs too :>
ReplyDeleteGrafixMuse, yeah the garden will be a bit ignored for the next week. After our house goes on the market, my job here will be done at least. Well I have to keep the house spic and span, but no going through our whole life and getting rid of the unused bits of it. No paint smells in the house. Ah it will be so much nicer. :> Then of course the move in will be a PITA. But I think I will have a couple weeks of breathing space between them. I have a week to pull my house together.
Karen, she does have a lot. Too many in some ways.
villager, hopefully things won't be too woefully neglected in the coming week.
Jody M, I made a spreadsheet last year. It has all the prices of what the organic or IPM vegetables go for in my area (mostly from the farmer's market, since that is where I would have bought them). Then I just recorded all the weights as they came out of the garden. The spreadsheet calculated the worth of all of it. I also kept track of what I spent. And subtracted that from the total of what I got back from the garden. There are a million ways to count it all, but that is what I did. This year will be different since it will be the cost of getting a new garden constructed.
Don't stress yourself out. Been there, done that, enjoy the school visits and have fun with your daughter.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot to do. Denise's boyfriend went to Brown and might have something interesting to say (he'd suggest Davis, I think).
ReplyDeleteIf you have time, come down here from Davis and visit us!!
I think it was the keeping the house spic and span that drove me crazy about moving, I'm not exactly a neat-freak and keeping up after 4 cats . . . well, I would rather be outside in the garden. You'll have lots of lovely gardening time once the move is done and your daughter has settled on a school.
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun if you had time to visit the Bay Area after your Davis visit, I'd make the drive to meet you and Stefani.
Does she know yet what she wants to major in? Brown is not good for science.
ReplyDeleteProvidence is pretty nice, but not a patch on Boston or Cambridge.
Cute post! Would it help if I scream for you?! You don't have time. Also, don't respond to this comment for the same reason... you don't have time. But, thank you for the smiles; now keep moving. Bless you!
ReplyDeleteHey, at least she's intending on going to grad school! We're not harvesting down here yet, but it's in the future.
ReplyDeletekiwi gomes, now don't mention rain. We had floods a couple weeks ago. Last week we had a couple of inches. Now we are supposed to get 3-5. I really feel for those that have issues with their basements. Luckily that isn't me (as long as the power doesn't go out, and our power is pretty rock steady even in wind storms).
ReplyDeleteMac, I hope to.
Stefaneener, time sadly is something I don't have right now, but if she picks that one I'll probably be out there again when she moves out.
michelle, well with no kids and no dogs in the house anymore it isn't all that bad keeping things up. I'm the worst offender since I track garden mud in at times. I do remove my shoes at the door, but somehow it gets all over. It would be fun to meet sometime with the three of us, but I doubt I would have time for this visit. If she goes there, the odds are much better.
Karen Ann, she wants to get her phd in physics. Her interest is in theoretical quantum gravity. Mostly she is looking at the high energy physics departments. If she can find a group of profs/grad students to talk quantum with she would be in heaven.
Barbee, yes screaming for me would help. Just make sure it is loud enough so I can hear it :> Sorry I couldn't help responding.
Ribbit, I think it would be hard to keep her out of grad school. All that she is really interested in is physics and philosophy.
No harvest for me this week. Oh, I could have snipped more chives, but blogging about them would get a bit tiresome for everyone. I did, however, make a few meals using my home canned tomato sauce, which has been sadly neglected up there on the top shelf in my kitchen, and I opened my first pint of homemade ketchup! Laundry room improvements are keeping me too busy for gardening this week, other than keeping my seedlings taken care of.
ReplyDeleteI have been putting off garden activities too but I was good this week. Good luck with the fixes and showings! I hate moving, to much commotion.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, busy doesn't start to describe the situation. Good luck with your daughter's selection !
ReplyDeleteYou must be very proud of your daughter - it sounds like she is very intelligent.
ReplyDeleteHave had some harvests this past week but did not manage to take one single picture of any of it! The first few spears of asparagus, the first stalks of rhubarb, some chinese cabbages, some chives, some green onions, kale, and pac choi. All pretty tasty. The weather turned chilly, extremely windy, and it's been pouring rain for the past two days so the garden production will probably slow down for a bit until the weather reverts back to a little warmer conditions.
When I moved, it was difficult to leave my garden. One thing that really helped me was to participate in plant swaps. I got a lot of plants that way.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I love your blog. It helped me to get a garden fix in January and February!
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
I must try to get into this here harvest Monday thing, but I've nothing to harvest until god knows when ... unless I start eating mud and manure!!!
ReplyDeleteAnnie's Granny, yum home canned tomato sauce. Now that you are back in WA you can start eating it all up.
ReplyDeleteDan, thanks, I hate moving too. The last time was 19 years ago. Maybe it won't be for 30 next time.
Miss M, thanks
kitsapFG, I am proud of her. She is autistic and works so hard. Much harder than most kids have to. Sounds like you were busy last week too if you forgot to take photos.
KatieLovesDogs, I'll have to check out if there is a gardening swap in my new town. I can hope.
The Idiot Gardener, lol yeah I have the same problem. But since I'm the hostess I have to write something up anyway, harvest or no.
Good luck on the move and the college visits. So much going on at once. I guess the saying is true; when it rains it pours. A bad joke considering the weather...I think that when it's all down you'll breathe a big sigh of relief, having downsized to something simpler and the days of summer ahead of you.
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