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.
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