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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Spring

Winter is over, Spring is here. It was a fairly mild winter, but it was tough for me. Depression comes and goes, and right now I feel like it's lifting. But I've been feeling like this on and off for a few months, now. So I may have another low point. I'm hoping not.

I hear fish oil, vitamin D, and turmeric all help, so I might try those.

Our garden is tilled. Mostly. It was given a once over, but we have some wild violets taking it back already. We have this claw tool that helps pull it up by the roots, and it makes the work easier, at least.

We need to get our hose connected to a spigot. I'm not sure if we have one outside that works, but may have one in the laundry nook that can reach the garden.

Our garlic looks to be doing well. I planted two varieties last fall. Some USA grown garlic that I picked up from Sam's Club, and some Elephant Garlic that I got online. I only got about 6 or 7 cloves of the elephant garlic out of the bulbs, though, so I may order some more come autumn. I planned on just replanting the ones we have, but I want to have a bit more and to use what we grew.

I have some cabbage sprouted, but the cats knock over the broccoli and brussels and I don't know what was saved. It's about time where I can plant it outside. So I think I'll just do most of it direct. Once I get those off my very limited indoor space I'll start some tomatoes and peppers. It's tough with the limited indoor space. We are hoping to save enough money on groceries to afford a small greenhouse for these things next year. I want to connect one to the southern door like a porch so that we can have some passive heating and maybe grow a few things as perennials that we couldn't otherwise.

I'm sure this is rambling, but I needed to write. I can't figure out a good way to plan out and document the garden otherwise.