"I believe that when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party." - Ron White
(Lemons sourced from Urban Farm Mom's backyard)
Seasons, sometimes they come barreling towards you like unbound chaos and other times like a warm, gentle hug. Nonetheless, nothing is left untouched and we have no choice but to ready ourselves for the next impending and decidedly unpredictable season...
I'll be the first to say it.
It's been a long time, nearly two years, since this Urban Farm Girl posted something new and for good reason. I just wasn't planting anything in the ground. In fact, keeping both feet firmly planted was proving to be enough of a challenge. Instead, I was trying to navigate the choppy waters of life in the big city. It's different now, all of it. Which is scary and really exciting, like life.
Seasons spent with the Hero Boyfriend have passed, he now tends to the original blog garden and I get sparse (but friendly) updates. I keep thinking that I'll get better at weathering these but, alas, I am left standing, confused and wondering how I've even made it this far along.
Similar to the many acts that bring joy, beauty and freedom the great catch 22 was that my arm couldn't be twisted to start the work again, my heart couldn't be compelled to care. Inspiration has never been a "fake it 'til you make it" thing for me. I couldn't make something real from something fake so there had been no garden to tend to, no harvest to gather...it was sad and, essentially, a long winter.
So I've started again. Just last weekend to be exact. Like many things that I care deeply about, I'm afraid it might fail, that I might fail, that I'll have wasted the time of others. There will be cantaloupes, tomatoes, corn, peppers, herbs and even some flowers this time around. I'm not quite ready to share the specifics of this next exciting chapter of the blog garden, but I'm putting it out there because that's what makes this real for me, again. Rest assured it'll be different and from it will spring new adventures.
PS - I'm REALLY excited about it!!
Getting my hands dirty again! These, finger crossed, will be bell peppers.
My first go at cantaloupe, these guys will be going into the ground soon!
Basil
