Good morning. I think I am manic depressive. I have the symptom where I get a bug in my head and suddenly I am spending HOURS, DAYS, $$$ researching and becoming an overnight expert!
Now it is raised bed gardening. ( 2022 note this was written before COVID, and life changed for us all, never did get to that garden)
More about me. So I have lived in this house 5 years in October. The first and only house I will ever own. Oh, this is funny, I found it when I was on a Garden Walk!!!! It’s a Craftsmen style home. I saw it and I had my camera with me for the gardens, I took a ton of pics. I looked in the windows. (it was vacant) I took pictures of the yard. It had everything my heart desired. A big front porch. A deck and Sunroom in the back and a wood fireplace and it was a Craftsman. The stars aligned and with much labor pains it was mine. It is a double lot and there was a chain link fence which I replaced in 2018 with wood for much more privacy. I literally sit on my porch or deck or sunroom or even my sitspot in the kitchen and watch all my birds and squirrels for hours. My retirement plans are to just sit and sip coffee and gaze out the window. I am considered in the City but I have seen a fox twice. I had a possum for 2 years in my garage and shoo-ed a raccoon out of my yard. There are Coopers Hawks that visit my yard frequently. I do know of deer and wild turkey that go a couple streets over.
So now that I am ensconced with my love affair with this home and yard. I think it is time to enhance. I have not ever had a green thumb. But I am good at research and I know it’s not new but a quote I heard a few months ago stuck with me. You just have to take the time. I will be retiring soon. I am also on this minimalist, frugal, no spending kick and what better way to take care of myself and save money than to have my own vegetable garden. So I need to be frugal, spend smart and not get carried away. I have many ideas to do things to SAVE money. I will share those ideas here!
January will be here in a few days. The month gardeners pour over seed catalogs and plan and dream. Come on this adventure with me! I will share everything I can, what I learn. I am so excited for what is to come in 2020!
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