Wednesday, January 13, 2016

A Tale of Two Sisters - Christine

Sometime in early 2015, my sister, Amanda, and I had a thought – we should write about our individual experiences about gardening and combine it into a fun blog.

What can I say – she was in the middle of a big move, life happened and the blog idea fell away. 

And then we did something we had never done before, we met in Georgia after Christmas for a “family” vacation.  I knew our husbands were nervous about bring us together in this manner.  They were sure that with the explosion of combined energy that they may get sucked into a black hole.  But thankfully, it was more like a big solar flare that produce a widely seen (and beautiful) Aurora Borealis.

Our idea came back in full force!  She was headed back to Florida where the growing season was beginning anew and I was headed to Missouri to start hibernating for the winter.

I realized that I wasn’t ready to hibernate (although temps here are in the teens) I want to start my garden again.  And so I am prepared to start germinating herb and lettuce seeds.

She is “heating up” her straw bales and planting.

I buy my seeds from Menards – she gets them from people who are naturalist.

I buy commercial planting aids – she discovers cute and inexpensive ways to make planting aids.

I deal with snow – she deals with scorching heat.

I have a dog – she has three children.

I sleep in on Sundays – her faith is the basis of her life

Our approaches are different but in the end we want the same things – a growing garden, patience to ensure a good harvest and a bottle of wine to celebrate.


We welcome you to join our journey into the Harvest of Our Lives and hope that you will find seeds of humor, knowledge and fun for your own life.

Christine

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