In bloom…
Friday, March 20th, 2009Spring showed up on my door step this morning. I’ve been waiting, albeit impatiently. I noticed, as I sat in the back yard with my morning coffee, that one of my trees has little buds all over it! In a few short weeks I will be surrounded by new life in the form of foliage and flowers. Yay!
It feels like it’s time for me to rehash my mental list of goals that I began thinking of at the start of the year. I’m not one for resolutions, but I am sick of idling in the same spot, year after year. 2009 needs to be different…and better.
There have definitely been some ups and downs so far this year. I guess that should just be expected. The difference is that I feel more rational than ever before in my life. There was a time, just a few short years ago, when I allowed my intense emotions to govern my choices. Obviously I will always be sensitive and overly emotional. I just have to think for a minute before I react when I am in a stressful situation. I guess I’ll always be a work in progress.
There is one thing I am really looking forward to this spring. For the first time in my life I am going to plant my own vegetable garden. It will be an experiment, of sorts. I have been working on getting the soil ready. I pretty much had to start from scratch. I made a lasagna garden to get things started. I layered my compost, cardboard, soil, and coffee grounds all along the back fence. I have been adding coffee grounds and compost and working the soil with my garden claw. I don’t know how great the soil will be when it is time to plant. I’ve seen worms wiggling around in the dirt though, so that has to be a good sign. I still have a long way to go. I need to get on my hands and knees and sift through the soil. It is littered with trash and rocks, due to the fact that I live in the ghetto. I plan to plant some beans and tomatoes, and herbs. I need to internet about what grows well in bad soil. I don’t think we’ll be here for planting season ‘010, but you never know…my momma always told me to bloom where I am planted.