Less than auspicious beginning. Wanted
to go yesterday when the sun was shining brightly (on the snow), but
I was down for the count with a headache. But you know me, when I'm
on a mission, gotta finish... So today, despite the headache
hangover the gray cold skies and the flurries, we set off to start
our garden! Turns out the guy with the bales lived in the middle of
nowhere, far from the “Brownsville area” he advertised. We lost
the paved roads at least 10 miles beyond Brownsville. Thank goodness
it was Scott's work truck that got covered in the mud and the muck.
Friendly guy, said he'd “never heard of such a thing”. I had my
book and showed him the pictures. He just smiled at this city girl.
Got the bales home in one piece, but Scott hyperextended his thumb
unloading them, and wasn't too happy about his mess of a truck. I
hope all our tasty veggies and beautiful flowers will make this worth
it!
I should back up and say that it was
just last Saturday as I was lying in bed that I heard the program (http://strawbalegardens.com/ ) on
WPR. I went and ordered the book (Straw Bale Gardens by Joel Karsten) from Amazon, got it Thursday, and I
am raring to go! Now if only mother nature would give us a sign that
she hasn't forgotten spring this year...
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