windthread

this spans about half of the Wall Garden.   it's curved,  hard to take a pic of all of it.   it's almost ready.  Where you see the shovel handle is the strawberry patch that has become inundated with that tentacle grass.  and  5 clump grasses…shovel.   Forecast tomorrow is 100 % RAIN but after that i'll lay the drip hoses and proceed with my NEW PLAN.   The hope for all gardening here is to learn what it takes to grow what we actually Eat.   As in,  if there were no store,  what would we need from a garden?  Maybe next year we can get to canning.  Who knows.   and we now need to factor in the Deer.  I do not expect her  to forget.   She ended up eating  pretty much everything but cucumbers and parsley.   She ate all the tender tops off the tomatoes although tomatoes are supposed to be toxic for her…????   but the end branches are where the blossoms are.   So the plan is….we use lots of garlic, onions and potatoes between 3 households.   Supposedly,  deer don't  like them.   So the whole span will be these three.  Potatoes are also good as trade vegetables for some reason.  Will have to wait til February to plant them,  but garlic and onions go in now.

Part 2 is that all else will be planted up in B Garden.   I'll need to do a lot of work there to enlarge it and amend the soil.  Will also use large landscape pots.   B is much further up the road In,   i don't think she will come that far up and Tay is very aware of any activity there.   So…maybe.   I'm happy having a Plan.

Between Alyssia's tire problems and the batteries i use to charge things here seeming to suddenly be having dwindling function i was almost completely without  "the usual".  Had to not use phone for anything but the possibility of emergency calls in and out.  Was difficult.   but i think good to be aware of how it is for so many now experiencing losses…jobs, income,  homes even.  How internet is a true luxury.    I am continuing to work with RED,  that root chakra…..SAFE.    Also,  Alyssia went to get the propane tanks filled and for the first time in 3 years,  there wasn't any.  This is at the beloved Lakeside Gas and Grocery.  Which supplies propane to MANY households all around.   For some reason the big supply truck just didn't show up.   No propane means no cooking,  no heat in the morning to cut the edge.    more  RED.   and i have been reviewing,  in dreams and then in long mid night awake times that prolonged period of UnSafe in my life….interestingly triggered by and strangely similar to the unwillingness of the person who has held many of us hostage for 4 years to ….GO AWAY.   I find this all really….uh,  something.   and am grateful so much for Rain.