All alone in my new home and feeling lonely and at loose ends, I turned on the radio to find one of my favorite pieces being broadcast, Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Handel, op. 24. This gave me one of those little shivers of deliciousness that affirm that we are never really alone, for someone else who knows and loves this piece was surely hearing it at the same time as I, and then, of course, God's hand is in all of it too.
Update: I never found out who the pianist was, because my husband and my son came home at the very end.
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Have you a garden with your new house? :) (Never lonely with a garden.)
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Otepoti
Well, we're approaching winter in this hemisphere, Otepoti, but there is a border around the little backyard which our neighbors on the other side of the house (a two-family) have used for growing vegetables, and they've invited my husband to jump in. In the Bronx he grew amazing tomatoes in our three square feet of garden, so perhaps he'll branch out into more exotic things next spring.
There is probably still time to plant garlic, silver beet (swiss chard), and spinach. Also if you turn new ground now and leave it over winter, the frosts help to break up the clods.
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Otepoti
Otepoti, would these need to be sowed in a box indoors? There's already frost here.
Too late for seeds outside, then, and if you start seeds indoors you'd have to harden them off carefully, which is a hassle. If you bought plants you could grow them in a cold frame, but for that you would need an old window and some blocks/bricks/haybales = more hassle than you need right now.
This gardener has just put in his garlic cloves though: http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/
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Otepoti
My husband is an instinctive gardener, but I'll try to get him to look at those gardening tips. I think a cold frame is too advanced for us as yet, though. Maybe next year.
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