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Sorry for my absence (absinth?), but I've been busier than that proverbial one-legged man in the ol' ass-kicking contest.
Our summer garden is about finished, which means it's time to plant turnips, kale, spinach, collards, mustard and maybe oats (mainly as a cover crop). Our Pontiac red potatoes are still in the ground, but I'll dig those up in a week or two (fingers crossed for a good harvest on them, since My Lovely Wife and I are such tater munchers at heart). We also have pumpkins and melons still in the garden, but those are summer/fall crossovers anyway. We've put up all kinds of beans, corn, onions, carrots, broccoli, peas and zucchini, not to mention strawberry and blackberry jelly. So, we might not be rich, but as the old folks say, they'd have a hard time starving us out!
We've had some more company from Florida -- a short visit from one friend, nice enough time. MLW's mom and her boyfriend are coming back this weekend, bringing the long-lost Honda Civic with them. (Woohoo! We'll be a two-car family again, and I can stop having to borrow vehicles all the time and return the Blazer to full-time farm and lawn duty!) Then, next weekend, we have two more visitors from Florida, plus my family reunion. It has been rather hectic trying to get ready for everything along with maintaining my clients' yards ... and working in the garden and cane field ... and hauling in and cutting up firewood for the cane furnace and our woodstove. But we're still going, despite the crazy-brutal heat. (Or, to be blunt about it, "I ain't dead yet, mafuckers!")
This is a far, far cry from corporate journalism and its easy money, and it certainly isn't some perfect, lazy, bucolic life, but I have my wife and our dogs, and I love it.
