It’s nearly, but not quite, Spring. The plum tree has jumped the gun a bit and is demonstrating why plums are prone to being hit by late frosts around here in the Ozarks. But isn’t she lovely in the meantime and the bees are not complaining about it either. On a lucky year without a late frost, we could be blessed with plums. We still have a bunch in the freezer from last year, one of the lucky ones, from a friend’s tree.
I’ve been so busy the past months, getting ready for the Dig In! Food & Farming Festival which happened the first weekend in March. It was a great time and a wonderful crowd! That festival is something I’m so pleased to have co-created. I hope it will go on and grow abundantly in future years, even though I’ll likely be back on the homeward side of the country by then. Our planned move back home to the Appalachians is creeping closer. It’s hard to imagine leaving the birthplace of Larrapin Garden, but we hope to find new owners who will love it and cultivate it as we have. If you know of anyone who might be looking for a place like this later this Spring, please send them this link: http://minifarm4sale.wordpress.com/
Looking around I seem to see good memories that pull at my heart from every corner of the garden and woods. Writer Stephen Levine calls this ‘the consequences of love.’ Indeed. Right beside that sadness about leaving is the excitement of a new adventure and a new landscape to fall in love with the way I have this one.
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