Well my fellow environmentalists I wish I could say this has been a good year for home grown food for me I really wish I could.
But that is simply not the truth...
The garden has been plagued by hail, hot sun, not enough water and I will admit some negligence on behalf of those involved. The lettuce bolted and has gone to seed, the last row of pumpkins, melons and cantaloupe never got enough water. The sunflowers dried up and died and only about half the corn that I planted actually came up.
I wished I could say it is all my fault that the garden failed because at least then the failure would be a teaching moment and I would improve on it next year. But the truth is, it isn't all my fault the weather played a big role. But it was how the garden was managed that had the most impact on its performance. Unfortunately for the garden I accepted a position that took me away from home four days out of every week and for anyone that has a garden they know how impossible it is to manage it from a distance
To make a long story short the garden ended up producing ok.
I had such high hopes for this summer and the garden I wanted it to be the beginning of a new stage in my life. Where I lived according to the sun and seasons, where I could grown enough food to feed me and my family well through the winter.
But that never happened my hopes were dashed and dreams are set back another season waiting yet again for a chance to grow food, live lightly on the land and move further down the path towards true sustainability.
Well maybe next year my fellow environmentalists maybe next year
