Here’s To The End of 2011
First we had a great Christmas. Jenny sang in the Living Christmas tree again. Plus we had a very fun Christmas and thanks to Steve and Alyssa we even dressed up.
Well Home Gardening Tips had it’s best year both in produce and profits as I promote products and some services through our blog and earn some extra income.
I started our gardening blog in 2007 when we started gardening in more than pots. We’ve been having a lot of fun and are learning new things all the time.
It’s also great plus exciting being able to purchase a few new garden tools each year. We’ve even thought about a little greenhouse like my dad made.
Should We Be Building An Ark
I was starting to wonder as 2011 was the wettest year in my 58 years however I don’t remember the first few years of my life and then there was the 70s.
Our poor little garden is already in the lowest area of our yard but it’s also the area that gets the most sunlight so this year the veggie garden sat in water way too much. I did try to help the plants as much as possible so I put a straw in the ground for each root system so they could breathe.
Okay, I may have made that last part up but I thought it was funny.
Even though it was the wettest I can remember we had so much fun with the vegetable garden that we were sorry to see the season end. We now want to grow more so we can try preserving or canning some things. That brings back great memories of our vegetable garden on the farm in the 60s.
Join A Seed of the Month Club We Did
One very cool thing I did, although it was in Nov. 2010, was to join a seed club. Mike The Gardener’s Seed of the Month Club. Now I receive an envelope with 4 packages of seeds each and every month. I don’t mind checking the mail now.
Checkout my article I wrote that show the seed of the month club seeds I had for our 2011 vegetable garden.
Since then I have received a whole lot more seeds. Now Jenny and I are excited about trying a number of new things to grow. Pumpkins are one that I have always wanted to grow.
Feeling Blessed To Be Feeling Better in 2011
Not to end on a sad note or anything because it’s not, not for me anyways.
In Feb. 2004, Friday the 13th actually I had a heart attack. Scary day of my life but I was alive and that was more than I can say about 2 of my other brothers.
There was damage that couldn’t be repair and a bi-pass was out of the question. That left lots of drugs and walking. That was more than depressing. To make it even more depressing I was not allowed to go fishing again until I could pass a stress test.
I even stopped cutting my hair as you can see in the image above. I wasn’t going to cut my hair until I could pass a stress test. Maybe like Samson getting strength or something. I went four of the longest years of my life before finally passing the test. I had a huge lump in my throat and no it wasn’t my heart.
The image on the right is me with the biggest smallmouth bass I have landed in many years. I gave her a big kiss and released her back for your kids to catch some day.
Each year I gain more strength and 2011 was my strongest year since 2004 and dreaming of gardening in 2012. Oh yeah. Now I buzz my hair right to the scalp and it’s so refreshing, easy to manage too.
Well as soon as my heart doctor gave me the okay to go fishing again I pretty much shaved my head. Mann that felt good. Even now I keep my hair buzzed close for the freedom. Well that should give you a good laugh for the new year.
So from where I sit, here in my home office of Mann & Mann we had a great 2011 and wish you the best in 2012.
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Hello James -
Glad to hear you’re on an upswing. Best wishes for the new year to you, as well.
As we go forward it is increasingly evident the most precious thing we have is time. I feel as you do, that we are so fortunate to be still here when we’re losing friends/acquaintances every year. I feel I need to make the most of what’s left -we don’t know when the fun will stop. Hopefully, none too soon.
I read your recent post about covering the garden with leaves. I had good intentions of roto-tilling them under and didn’t get to it. The leaves are there -it’ll have to wait ’til spring.
This is the first year in many that I didn’t throw some Winter Rye seed on it. I think I understand that it also enriches the soil when tilled under in the spring. It’s cool because it stays green all winter. Looks good when the snow melts a little and you can see the green sticking out of the snow.
That’s the first thing I didn’t get to. Hence the leaves were used as cover long after the rye should have been planted.
It’s funny, I don’t recall how much rain we had in the ’70s either -it’s among a few other things it would be nice to be able to remember from that period.
Dave from Home and Garden 911