Dear Garden
It's been a while. I seem to be saying that a lot at the moment. I would love to explain why the middle of this year disappeared down a hole somewhere, but there is no explaination. I can give you no useful reason or excuse. It just happened. Maybe I shall blame the heat.....
It is not just that my writing fell down a hole, my actual gardening did as well. The two are inextricably linked. No I do not garden so that I write, that is not the process. When I am gardening I am writing in my head. So no gardening, no inspiration, no writing. Anyhoo, I seem to be back in the game so let us celebrate this with a mild, barely audible 'woo hoo'.
How have you been during this period my dear garden? Not a lot was growing over the summer because of the heatwaves and drought, but you are making up for this now. I am still discovering the tally of the dead; which is not quite as bad as feared (I think).
I am also on pond-watch. Despite quite a bit of rain this week, I cannot see any water in the pond. I hope there is not a leak.
I am also still thinking about the old shed area. I have been clearing the blackberries away from this area (again), the drought did not make them pause in their tracks. I think I know what I am going to do, but have not quite reached the definite yet. Time will tell.
On the plus side: the return of wetter and cooler conditions has made (in the drier spells) great gardening weather. I have returned to more frequent weeding and I have been planting out some purchases. I feel like I am back on the gardening horse. I did not know I had fallen off the gardening horse, but clearly I had. Maybe not fallen, maybe the saddle had slipped and I was riding off-kilter. Yes, I think the words off-kilter do describe how things have been. Not wrong, but not usual. Off kilter, I like it. I will not repeat it again, it is getting over done.
Off kilter.
Here's to having my kilter back.
Until next time
Take care and be kind
Your loving Gardener
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