It’s a down year in the garden. The garlic and tomatoes (not sure how we missed the blight) are doing ok, but other than that, not much. The herbs are coming along though and with years like this one, when there will be no apples or squash, the test is to make use of everything that did grow.
Our ancestors were aware of these rhythms in the growing seasons and would fall back to the harvesting of native tubers and roots when the crops failed. We’ve grown a bit soft in this area and our collective fascination with show like “survivor man” is rooted in the fact that only a couple of generations separate us from depending on those skill sets.
The bee balm is doing great…Oswego Tea anyone?
Feeding the Needs
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