On the garden locomotive
If you peruse the homesteading and serious
gardening blogosphere at this time of year, you'll see that most of us
are clinging to our sanity by dirty fingernails. I went through
my own little meltdown last week:
Mark: "You know, we're better off than we were at this time last year. Cheer up --- you said you wanted things to grow, and they're growing."
For those of you who are
in the midst of gardening frenzy, I hope you can take Mark's advice
(along with a deep breath) and enjoy the beauty of spring.
Remember, there's always winter to catch up on all of those important,
long term projects, and it does seem to help to let the weeds grow up
and hide problem spots you aren't going to have time to deal with this
year. Right now, I figure we're doing well if we manage to tread
water and not sink much further behind than we already are.
On the other hand, if
you're living vicariously through our blog, now's when you can snicker
in your cubicle....
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Everett --- I'm glad you still want to thank me.
I hope you take the time to relax and enjoy the view!
Anonymous --- I'm glad you were able to get out of the rat race when you did. It seems like most people who try to go that route get sucked into the consumer side of society and don't manage to save no matter how much money they're making. Sounds like you're doing something right.