Garden bloggers love to share pleasing photos of beds or containers they've created or seen and wax poetic on the attributes of this plant or that. Gardens are supposed to be beautiful … well, duh … so why wouldn't bloggers flock to their computers to post their best, most spectacular photos and plant wisdom?
Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene has maximized my time and thoughts for a while now. When potentially damaging weather events are forecast and you live on a country road in rural woods with no major services nearby - closest fresh milk is five miles and nearest gas station is eight miles away - you learn to prepare for multiple days without public utilities. We stored ample fuel to run the generator – lovingly called The Beast - and propane for the gas grill for a few days, drinking water (in case the generator broke and could not run the well pump), non-perishable foods, batteries and flashlights, and any other necessity we could think of. I froze all the peaches I had picked earlier in the week, canned pickles, relishes, and butters, and picked as many veggies and blossoms as possible.
Yesterday, September 1, would have been Gardening Oops - GOOPs - Day at joene's garden but with power coming from a generator, no cable, no phone, and no Internet September's GOOPs could not happen. I'm writing this post from my son's house ... his power returned last night.
It's the first of August. It's GOOPs day … the day for my monthly gardening oops post. I share a gardening blunder of my own and offer you the chance to do the same.
The 2011 calendar has flipped from June to July which means it's time for another episode in my ongoing Gardening Oops – aka GOOPs – series. Even after more than thirty years of gardening, I still make mistakes and missteps. I share them here to try to prevent you from making the same faux pas and to encourage some back-and-forth dialogue. After reading this July 2011 GOOPs installment, I hope you will share your thoughts and, better yet, a GOOPs of your own.
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