The summer garden is finished. We didn't think summer would ever end. Normally, the hot weather breaks around the middle of September but this year it remained in the low 90s up until two weeks ago. I am glad to see it finally go.
Everything has been either eaten or stored away deep within the pantry. I feel safe and content and am not fretting over the future. The winter garden is out except for onions and garlic. As my neighbors were clearing their gardens and laying them to rest, we were planting again. It has been a busy month and we are tired - very tired.
Bill has continued to share the garden workload and has done more than I. Watching his face when he saw the large amount of food as we ingathered was thrilling. He now understands how much it really takes to prepare for the year. It is one thing to see a weekly basket of groceries from the store but quite another to carry a year's worth of unprocessed food into the kitchen.
