The road to hell is paved with good intentions, or so they say. I started this blog at the beginning of the year and then neglected it like an outfit that doesn't quite fit anymore. So, it is time to start over.
To begin with, I am very much ready for this year to be over. Only 25 more days until Thanksgiving, and after that, only a month until Christmas. This has been one of those years that has seemed to pass by in a blink. Being that it wasn't one of my best years, I am glad to see time slipping by so quickly.
In terms of the garden that I never finished blogging about, things went well during the early summer months. However, by August, I had a massive infestation of slugs. Not only was the heat hard on my plants, but the slugs really decimated what was left. Afterwards, I just let everything die. It was pulled up in September, and the slugs seemed to have moved out of town, for now at least. I really did enjoy having a little garden where I could walk outside and pick fresh produce, but I don't think I will be planting one again this coming summer. First of all, there is not enough space in our backyard. Second of all, since I have let things go wild back there (dad has too) it looks like some ramshackle yard, and I can only imagine how difficult it would be to dig all of the weeds up and till the soil. My plan is to wait until I have a house of my own. Then I will buy those raised garden beds so that the plants are more accessible and I have more control over what goes in and out of the soil. Hopefully, by that time I will have had a job for a year and be able to focus more time on the extras in life, like gardening and cross-stitch.
