It hasn't turned into a mass veggie graveyard yet...

So, while this blog is only a few days old, I spent that time putting in all of my entries about the garden into my hand-written journal.  I've not caught up to present day, thankfully.

The last entry was nearly two months ago, and there are good reasons for it.

Our marital breakdown took a serious turn for the worse.  I lost my job.  I nearly lost half my family to the Joplin, MO tornado.  In order to keep my own sanity and protect myself, I was forced to actually file for the divorce I still do not want, completely sacrificing my integrity and moral views on the subject.

Needless to say, there has been a great deal of deep depression and anxiety that has made it nearly impossible for me to function beyond job hunting.  Some days, just getting out of bed was a major accomplishment.

I'm still not at my best, but I am improving.  The job search continues and is getting nail-bitingly frustrating.  I have got to find a job.  I've applied to thirty places last month alone (although I can only find the confirmations of twenty-four for some reason).  I need money, sure, but I also just want to be working again.  Hopefully, something will give soon.

On a brighter note, the garden is doing well.  There have been some confirmed casualties: the onions and the chard.  I thought the bell pepper didn't make it, but I appear to have at least two little plants coming up.  I've harvested two jalapeno peppers and a handful of beans so far.  The jalapeno seems to be the most prolific.  The basil is happy, and the tomatoes are huge although I've seen no fruit on them yet.  The pumpkin is trying to take over the garden, and the cucumbers have decided for some unknown reason to grow into the beans and try to come into the house.  I've tried to keep them out of the beans, but they are stubborn, so I may just not have much in the way of beans this year.  A few days ago, I planted cloves of garlic bought from the store where the chard was and in the corner I left empty for the pumpkin to have growing room, which it promptly ignored.  So far, I'm happy with it, even if I did screw up the leeks.  (That's for a whole other post.)

Either way, I continue to have my good days and bad, but the constants that I've experienced that have kept me afloat are my family, my friends, my garden, and God.

I can't say I'd want it any other way.




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I am rather concerned about my thyme suddenly rising from the dead.  Apparently, I didn't contain my undead mint quickly enough, and even worse I didn't think about it when I put the thyme in the garden.  I'll just have to watch it carefully and look for any signs that it's munching on neighborhood children.