Graham and I spent a lovely few hours in the back garden this evening. We were watching something on television after dinner, and I looked out the window, noticing how nice it was outside. Since we’ve had so many rain days this year, I felt like I should take advantage of a pleasant night and get out into the garden. The days are slowly getting shorter. It’s dark around 8:45 now instead of mid-summer’s 9:30. It’s a good thing I headed out, because while I tied up the tomatoes and pulled weeds, Graham mowed the lawn. Then he helped me out by putting down the rest of the straw we had.
I harvested lots of Dragon’s Tongue beans (more on those coming soon), a few currant tomatoes and the first ripe Black Plum tomato, as well as a purple cabbage and a couple of cucumbers. We’ve been eating fresh vegetables from the back yard garden for several weeks, now.
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I’ve decided to take a step back from Suite101.com. The site is wonderful, and writing there has been very rewarding. I will still be writing for the site, but I’ve demoted myself from Feature Writer to Contributing Writer. What this means is that I’ll be required to write 10 articles over 3 months, on any topic, while previously I was obligated to write one article and one blog post per week. I had fallen behind, and with the upcoming start up of a second job, I feel it would be too difficult to stay on top of things. The material I’ve written to date remains on the site, and you can still get to my articles by clicking on the links in my sidebar here.
I’m looking forward to an increasing my efforts here at Playing in the Dirt from now on. I’ll let you know if I post a garden-related article at Suite101.com, as usual.
