something to look forward to

This year I will be crossing another decade milestone. I remembered I was so depressed as I crossed the last decade. There was this impending dread as if something bad was going to happen the day that I crossed it. But everything was normal just like the previous decade. This time around I am not as anxious as before. It is because I have something to look forward to.

my anniversary present - rasied garden bed

zucchini sprouts

This year, Peter has built a raised garden bed for me as our anniversary present. I have planted some vegetable seeds and a couple of tomato plants from Adams. Nothing really grew. At first, I thought that I have planted too late (late in May). Three months have gone by and we had just gotten a handful of sugar snap peas and one zucchini. My dentist told me to give him the surplus sugar snap peas. All I could say was that we harvested TWELVE pea pods - that would be six each for Peter and me. He then just laughed and told me to get myself a green thumb. After 3 months, shiso leaves and carrots are still tiny like seedlings. One tomato plant bore some green tomatoes and the other one had a couple of flowers. So needless to say, I was a bit disappointed. It turned out that the soil for the garden bed was not right - it looked more like mulch than a combination of soil and compost.

I have dug in some garden soil and planted mustard greens and bok choys last week as my Fall crops. They have sprouted and are looking healthy. Perhaps we will get some vegetables from our garden in the Fall after all. I will just need to make sure the worms do not clean them out.

At the end of this season, I am going to mix in some cow manure and compost into my garden to prepare for next year's growing season. I have plans to start seedlings indoor in January. Even though January and February are very cold here in Hudson Valley, I will have fun growing projects to look forward to! Next year I am going to do better with my vegetable gardening!