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Yes, I know: Long time, no post
May. 8th, 2012 08:50 amWhat can I say? It's been a busy couple of months, and as I'm essentially only posting here for my own amusement, it just hasn't made the top of the priority list.
(Yes, I know: if I posted more often, I might have more of an audience. The irony is not lost on me.)
Anyhow, the journal isn't the only thing that has suffered recently. My garden got into a truly appalling state of weeds and overgrown bits, from which I am still digging out. Thanks to a decent weather weekend, and with assistance from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fisherbear and MamaBear, I finally have one veggie bed mostly planted, another weeded out and turned over, and the big flowerbed weeded and reseeded (and planted with six dahlia tubers, with hopes that I might actually succeed with dahlias for a change. I'm not holding my breath though), and the herb beds and walkways trimmed back, roses propped up, etcetera. But the back veggie garden is still more than half a weed pile (good spring forage for native pollinators, mind), and while my three side veggie beds are producing their first harvests (radishes, yum! baby spinach! baby lettuces!), they *desperately* need a good 3-4 inches of compost added to the tops.
On the plus side, I finally managed to synopsize the novel, and have the info I need for various submissions, plus I've made some progress on other stories, so there's that. And fisherbear and I went on a lovely trip, our first vacation away together since our tenth anniversary. That was great.
Mostly, it's just a really, really busy spring. And I really could use a week or two to concentrate entirely on my own stuff. In other words, it's pretty much business as usual!
(Yes, I know: if I posted more often, I might have more of an audience. The irony is not lost on me.)
Anyhow, the journal isn't the only thing that has suffered recently. My garden got into a truly appalling state of weeds and overgrown bits, from which I am still digging out. Thanks to a decent weather weekend, and with assistance from
fisherbear and MamaBear, I finally have one veggie bed mostly planted, another weeded out and turned over, and the big flowerbed weeded and reseeded (and planted with six dahlia tubers, with hopes that I might actually succeed with dahlias for a change. I'm not holding my breath though), and the herb beds and walkways trimmed back, roses propped up, etcetera. But the back veggie garden is still more than half a weed pile (good spring forage for native pollinators, mind), and while my three side veggie beds are producing their first harvests (radishes, yum! baby spinach! baby lettuces!), they *desperately* need a good 3-4 inches of compost added to the tops.On the plus side, I finally managed to synopsize the novel, and have the info I need for various submissions, plus I've made some progress on other stories, so there's that. And fisherbear and I went on a lovely trip, our first vacation away together since our tenth anniversary. That was great.
Mostly, it's just a really, really busy spring. And I really could use a week or two to concentrate entirely on my own stuff. In other words, it's pretty much business as usual!
