What is My Deal?!
It's been awhile since I've blogged. What is my deal anyway? I'm still figuring that out. Out of sorts maybe? Not sure if I'm just being lazy and/or unmotivated or maybe just simply don't have much to blog about. I think it's all of the above. I've been busy at work which sometimes carries over into my home life so by the time I get home or I'm done with what I've brought home I'm too tired to think about blogging. I have ideas on subjects I'd like to delve into but not feeling it at the moment. Now I'm not about to get all political here but with the topsy-turvy markets as of late and all the craziness related to it it's making my job even more stressful so all motivation to do anything just flies out the window. Ah, but I see the light at the end of the tunnel. I figure to get myself right again I need a day or two (or more) longer than a typical weekend to just chill. To play.Then there's our garden. Grr. To give some perspective on the horrible garden weather we've had this year, the food bank garden they're 1500+ pounds off their average for this time of year. For us, being our first year gardening, it's been less than rewarding. Well, not totally but frustrating nonetheless. We've benefited more from our fellow gardeners than from our own, which is good for us but it would've been nice to share our abundance with others. I mean, we have so many tomatoes but they're all green! Imagine 200-300 green tomatoes just hanging around. Out of those 200 or so toms only about five show any signs of ripening. Whatever. We do have corn though. We didn't think we'd get any corn but there is promise there. We have some kale too. That'll be good to put in a smoothie or make kale chips. It didn't help that our two plots were separated from each other (opposite ends of the garden) so the back one suffered most being overgrown with weeds. Anything grows back there so that's good but unfortunately, it's a haven for moles, voles and slugs so too much of what we attempted to grow was eaten or fell over because there were so many tunnels underneath.
Wow, what a rant this had turned out to be. Guess I needed to release some stress. I haven't even done anything in the kitchen. Poor hubby must be starving! Like I said, I just haven't been in the mood to create much. I did make some yummy cookies (raw of course) recently that were devoured by hubs. I'll have to make them again.
Anyway, all in all I'm still a happy person who could use some time off (not time off from blogging since I've been doing that already-haha). There are some good things happening in my world so that's good. We're just living in such a crazy time and we're the ones who are left to pay for the mess. I guess that's what's bothering me most. I dunno. I'm done rambling and griping for tonight. Next post will be much better, lighter and happier!
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I am sorry you are stressed. It is a stressful time. One thing I thought of as I was reading your post: Tomatoes. No matter how green they are, they will eventually turn red. I got a bunch of those shallow boxes from the grocery store. You know the kind canned beans come in? When the weather turned cold and the vines were frost bitten and no longer producing, we went out there and gathered every single tomato and brought them inside, then we sorted and laid them in single and double layers. They were stored in our cellar and we would check them from time to time when we needed a tomato. We would re sort them and continue to harvest whenever we needed one. We ate tomatoes through December last year, so don't throw them away even if they are still green. There is hope. I have also found cherry tomatoes began producing in June, my bigger ones are just beginning to turn red. Next year we will buy more cherry variety, but still buy some of the larger ones as well.
I hope you feel better soon. You are a darling girl.
xxoo
~a
The first year I gardened New Jersey had a drought. It got easier.
Your garden sounds great to me, but then again, I don't have one at all. I'd love to have kale, corn and tomatoes in my own backyard.
Finding a recipe for kale is a no-brainer, and corn is great in cooler weather stews, raw corn bread and polenta. As for green tomatoes, they will turn red eventually, but if you can't wait, make "fried" green tomatoes in your dehydrator :-)
200-300 tomatoes! Your garden is flowing with abundance and soon you'll have red ripe tomatoes to share!
Glad you and hubby enjoyed the cookies. ;-)
Take your break, go do your thing, and when you come back, we'll all be here.
:)
XO
Pixy Lisa
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It's always great to see your posts!! You are allowed to be a bit stressed from time to time, as long as you can also kick its butt right out of your life!!
Nuff said!
M
I am so overdue for a vacation, an extended one, with some serious recharge time. I've learned the lesson about giving too much of yourself without recharging and it's hitting me on all fronts and been a hard pill to swallow, but I'm only human and I'm learning.
I know what you mean about the green tomatoes, all the rain the last 2 weeks of august made everything grow but not enough sunshine to make em ripe! I was tending to my friend's garden while she was in HI the past two weeks, I just finally started picking the big green tomatoes and have them on my counter and letting them ripen off the vine to see what happens. The cherry tomatoes got so big that by the time they started to turn red on the vine, they would literally explode!!
Lots of amazing things you learned this year though with your garden so that's very important even if the yield has been less than stellar. You will be starting off on such a great foot next year with everything you know now!!
Hugs to you!!