We finally got through the perils of Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday! I'm thankful for getting through it. I wish it gone every year, but alas...
It has also been the most unbearably cold winter thus far. I'm lucky to have been able to buy a truck this winter that was 4WD. I can't believe I lived without it all my life in the Northeast!
With that said, my broccoli, lettuce, and cauliflower garden has frozen over. Despite keeping the garden mulched, watered, and covered with a plastic polytunnel system- they have withered away. That's what is absolutely devastating- that I worked hard to keep those babies growing big and healthy, and keeping pests off as well. All for nothing...that's how these days of gardening have been going for thr last couple years. It's become more of a waste than fruitful like in the past years.
Of course, life is busier- and I no longer live right on top of my gardens...but, it has come a time where I'm rethinking this path, sadly.
Used to- gardening felt like my identity- now it just feels like my failure. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be doing it...or, if I do- it may be in a completely different state, different plants, different methods, different atmosphere.
I'm still devoted to my houseplants. Thr houseplants are not happy to be inside since the cold has crept in. But, you ensure that they're staying warm, pruning dead leaves, add a little soil on top, water and fertilize sparingly.
I have a large monstera plant that has produced lots of side shoots, and I've had to cut them back and propagate new plants. Today, I bought some container pots for the new propagated monstera plants. And I'm going to do a project- something I haven't done before- make a coconut coir tower for the monstera to climb! I'll show you all once I have it completed!
Don't let my groveling over my garden struggles stop you from starting your garden. I hope if you're reading this and are thinking about starting your garden- feel free to look back at my projects past 2019. Those were my best garden years. I'd produce massive hauls of cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, lettuce, kale, herbs, figs, and so much more unique little things!
Let me know what your garden New Years resolutions are! And as always, I hope you're all staying warm, dry, happy, and healthy.
Have a safe New Year!
