Enough waiting - let's get this show on the road!
Everyone knows it's been a dry June and no one expects me to have the selection I should have in another few weeks. Besides, I'm so anxious to put out my sign and meet some of my customers I don't think I could stand waiting much longer. So, here's what I'll have out by 8:00 a.m. on Saturday June 30th:
Rhubarb: $ 2.00 per pound
Oregano - $ 1.00 per large bunch
Mint - $ 1.00 per large bunch
Chives - $ 1.00 per large bunch
Radish - $ 1.50 per bunch
Stop by, if only to say hello. I'm always happy to meet my neighbours.
Brenda Rose
It's hard to understand why it's raining in Truro, raining in Pictou, raining in Canso, but it's as dry as a camel's hoof here in Cape George. However, this is the hand I've been dealt, and I must work with what I have. Of course my garden is suffering because of this extended lack of moisture, but I am not alone in this regard.
I have not given up. I continue to nurture the plants that are still alive, even though they haven't grown very much in the past few weeks, and as soon as we do have some rain I'll re-seed as many vegetables as I can. This is a challenging season, there's no doubt about that, but I am not abandoning my dream of creating a viable and productive mini-market to serve the communities around Cape George.
So be patient, keep checking back here for my opening day, and for those of you who purchased gift certificates at the Mini-Trail Community Auction in April, don't worry. All certificates will be honoured.
As the classic rock group Chumbawumba sang in their anthem 'Tub Thumping' fifteen years ago:
I get knocked down
But I get up again.
Nothing's ever gonna keep me down.
Farming may not be in my blood, but it's in my heart, and I have the will to make this project work. I just need a little cooperation from Mother Nature.
Shortly after I moved to Nova Scotia I heard someone say that farmers are always complaining about the weather; it's either too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry . . . I laughed at the time, but now I'm paying for it.
So, despite the fact that the garden is planted (seeds and transplants), the tables are washed and ready, and my beautiful sign is painted and waiting to be inaugurated, opening day for Rose Cottage Garden is delayed until some time after we receive a healthy few days of rain.
As it stands, I am filling buckets from the waterfall behind Ballantyne's Cove wharf and driving it home, then carrying it down to the new plantings, carefully doling out 500 - 800 grams of water per plant per day in an attempt to keep everything alive (if not actively growing) until nature provides what we all need: additional moisture.
Please keep your eye on this blog for news of my opening day. I apologize to everyone for the delay, and hope to be able to provide you with most of your fresh vegetable needs before too much longer. Thank you for your patience.
