Garden 01/07/08

I just came in from working in the garden, outside, and feel my normal sweat and thirst like I do in the summertime. Today the temperature outside shot up to 60 degrees and the great meltdown of all that snow we received this winter so far began. The melting snow exposed the garden. The dead flowers I did not cut down last fall were still in the middle of the garden around the water fountain. The only green, besides the evergreens, was the kale. Kale grows all year around and is ready to go whenever the weather is ripe. The worm depository, compost pile and worm condo were no longer covered with snow and ice. The work I did was mostly to empty some of the bags of coffee grounds I had collected in the winter over these three piles. I put some wood chips over the coffee grounds to provide a nice cover when and if these piles freeze again. While working on the worm depository, pile where worms can grow and reproduce, I could not help but dig into the pile to check on the worms. They are healthy, well, and doing their things, eating, casting and reproducing.

Describing the great meltdown above made me think of a few things. One is that I’d better work on the Glossary of Growing Power terms adding terms like worm depository and worm condo. The deeper thought was how heat melts all things. When we say a person’s heart is on fire we mean the person is passionate and enthusiastic. When the heat of the stove warms the water in the pot with the ham bone I am cooking for soup, it melts the juices in the ham into the water. Even hard iron can be melted if the heat is high enough.

The melting of the cold snow is something we can count on every year. The cold and the snow may come back but for now it is good to have the great meltdown.

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