I am grateful to fulfill my promise to myself.
Everyone I know is grateful to fulfill a promise to themselves.
Everyone I don’t even know, all over the planet, is grateful to fulfill a promise to themselves.
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When I moved into my present location, my goal was to establish a tiny food forest in the yard.
The beginning of the first year, in the winter, I laid down cardboard with straw and soil over it to establish a couple of raised beds.
That same year in the spring, my husband bought in a couple of loads of mushroom compost and we unloaded it to make a couple more raised beds.
I grew tomatoes and peppers and flowers.
They did very well. I was so surprised and happy.
The second year, I brought in a garden soil mix and made more raised beds with compost, covered by egg crates and straw.
I also planted almost two dozen grapevines and berry bushes in the late fall.
Most of them survived the winter and began bearing tiny fruits.
In the spring, I planted a fig, elderberries, and a large tansy plant, in addition to tomatoes, peppers, celery, and onions and potatoes.
In this late summer, I am planting herbs and flowering shrubs.
In the fall, I will add fruit trees.
I am researching perennial vegetables.
Each step fills up my garden a little bit more.
I can see it filling in with color and edibles.
Even though this is a long-term project, I can see the fulfillment of my promise to myself.
I am learning a little more with each step, and I am so satisfied to see this tiny food forest taking shape.
© 2018 Kathryn Hardage
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