I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed it was June and I had not even started to think about my garden! Since we depend on the garden for food production, this was incredibly distressing. I woke up feeling like I had failed my family...even though it was just a dream! haha.
Well, I have good news...It's not even January. In fact, my straw bales are still covered in inches of snow. Nice to know my subconscious is working ahead for me though. I just wish it was stop using fear tactics as motivation! Doesn't it know LOVE is much more motivating?
There are so many things I love to do, and because I have so many hobbies, I can't always keep up with all of them at the same time. There's music, canning, sewing, gardening, crocheting, cooking, couponing...and on and on. So, I started keeping certain hobbies for certain times of year. Sewing is more on an as per need basis while crochet is reserved for when the temperature starts to dip and I want a project to do that will also keep me warm. Canning is "usually" after a good sized harvest, but also if there is a really good sale on chicken... But, now that I think about it, gardening actually gets the largest share of the year, from planning in early and mid January, to cold weather planting in the sun room in late Feb/March, to warm weather seed starting in April, and full on transplanting in May/June, caring and nurturing throughout July and harvest in late July/August, to cleanup in Sept/Oct. Haha, That means I only take about 2 months off from that hobby! No wonder my sleepy brain is distressed, I haven't thought garden-y thoughts for nearly 2 months now.
Fortunately, when I do start thinking garden-y thoughts again, I will have a wonderful workspace to do it in. At the end of this last harvest season, my thoughtful husband built me a large gardening table for the sun room. It is positioned directly in front of a big window and at the perfect height for seedlings to get the sun they need to grow. There are shelves underneath for storing pots and tools and we put in a plastic shelving unit for my trays, seeds, and soil additives. I am so grateful to have a dedicated space for gardening this year.
Maybe my subconscious isn't trying to scare me. Maybe its very excited and didn't want me to sleep either!
~Simmer down now, Subby, time to go back to sleep, we'll look at seed catalogs in a couple weeks~
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| I started building a pallet wall around the bales, but the weather turned rainy and cold...and I ran out of materials... so I haven't finished yet. |
Well, I have good news...It's not even January. In fact, my straw bales are still covered in inches of snow. Nice to know my subconscious is working ahead for me though. I just wish it was stop using fear tactics as motivation! Doesn't it know LOVE is much more motivating?
There are so many things I love to do, and because I have so many hobbies, I can't always keep up with all of them at the same time. There's music, canning, sewing, gardening, crocheting, cooking, couponing...and on and on. So, I started keeping certain hobbies for certain times of year. Sewing is more on an as per need basis while crochet is reserved for when the temperature starts to dip and I want a project to do that will also keep me warm. Canning is "usually" after a good sized harvest, but also if there is a really good sale on chicken... But, now that I think about it, gardening actually gets the largest share of the year, from planning in early and mid January, to cold weather planting in the sun room in late Feb/March, to warm weather seed starting in April, and full on transplanting in May/June, caring and nurturing throughout July and harvest in late July/August, to cleanup in Sept/Oct. Haha, That means I only take about 2 months off from that hobby! No wonder my sleepy brain is distressed, I haven't thought garden-y thoughts for nearly 2 months now.
Fortunately, when I do start thinking garden-y thoughts again, I will have a wonderful workspace to do it in. At the end of this last harvest season, my thoughtful husband built me a large gardening table for the sun room. It is positioned directly in front of a big window and at the perfect height for seedlings to get the sun they need to grow. There are shelves underneath for storing pots and tools and we put in a plastic shelving unit for my trays, seeds, and soil additives. I am so grateful to have a dedicated space for gardening this year.
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| We made it out of an old hollow door that was left in our garage and 2x4s from our kitchen demo project |
Maybe my subconscious isn't trying to scare me. Maybe its very excited and didn't want me to sleep either!
~Simmer down now, Subby, time to go back to sleep, we'll look at seed catalogs in a couple weeks~
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