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Harvesting with lots of company

by | Jul 25, 2008

My Thursday harvest this week was starting to be pretty trying–it had pounded rain the night before so the flowers are wet, the weatherman said no more showers likely-ha! So I was harvesting those things that the sun had already started to work on and would dry-out in the bucket OK- mid-morning I haven’t begun to do zinnias or celosias- our 2 main crops and clouds start to gather in the sky. My dilemma-  do I begin harvesting almost dry flowers before that get rained on again or chance that it’s not going to rain- this may sound silly to you, but when you have over a couple thousand stems that will have to be dried (fewer in a bucket for good circulation) it creates a lot more work.


I was totally stressed until the hummingbirds and goldfinches joined me in the zinnia patch. Does a job get any better than this? The hummers actually came to the flowers bunched in my hand-The boulders rolled off my shoulders and I got busy with my harvesting- it didn’t rain and I had a bumper load of dry flowers. I was pooped- because of all the fretting I did- which goes to show you it just does pay to get your breeches in a knot.


Enjoy your garden even when the weather doesn’t seen right-


Lisa


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