What happens when one very ambitious pregnant woman decides to have a big garden this year? Well, first she starts about as many seedlings as humanly possible not knowing if they will even all fit in her yard. She plans her garden plots, buys all kinds of supplies, looks through books, and starts buying more and more canning jars. Of course then the director of the wastewater treatment plant comes knocking on the door. And what does this nice man have to say? Well, of course he says that he needs her and her husband to sign easement paperwork so that the city can dig up her entire yard and most of her driveway to replace the existing sewer lines with new ones. And when is said construction supposed to begin/end, she asks? Well, mr. director responds, the contractor has 6 months from May to finish the entire project, so sometime between May and October. Hmmmm...
I would just like to say that I have been crying for the past week trying to think of some way to still be able to have my beautiful garden. Unfortunately, I don't think it is going to be a possibility this year. I talked to the director again and he has said that they plan to grant the bid to a contractor in the next couple of weeks, at which point he may or may not be able to come up and walk through everything with me. Oh, did I mention that they will also have to remove the stairs to the apartment, because they are "in the way." I'm sure that my NEW tenant that is just supposed to be here this summer is going to love it when I explain that to her. What a blasted nightmare.
In other news, we got a quote for a chimney, and it came in about $2000 more than we expected...will we be getting our wonderful woodstove installed before winter? Nope, not likely. Ahhh...just when you think everything is working out so well, it just starts to crumble at your feet again! On the bright side, we at least have our CSA and the farmers' market.
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The CSA will be great this year. Don't be so sad...think of that beautiful baby girl you have and wee baby Jack...who needs gardening in the dead heat of Summer anyway?!
Love ya :)
AH--I'm so sorry gal! Is there any way that you could put part of your garden at your mom's since she's not that far away? Would she be willing to let you do that? Just a thought. Or is there any other patch of area that you could plant? And not all hope is lost--you could just do containers again this year. It wouldn't be the huge bounty you were expecting but it would be something all the same.
Is there another way to get upstairs beyond the staircase? Cause if not that's a definite issue.
I'm glad you've got the CSA too! Sending you lots of positive thoughts and encouragement. Look for the positives!
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