September 2010: Tropical Depression on the Urban Homestead
Is it possible to delete a month from the calendar? That's what I feel like doing. Getting rid of the month of September 2010. To most gardeners around the country, September is a great month. A month of harvesting and planting. A month of getting in a late summer planting and an early fall planting. Down here in south Florida, this September has been a bust. It has rained just about every single day. Not just a little rain. So much rain that if one were to plant anything, it would wash away within 24 hours.
And what does an urban homesteader like me do? Well, I suppose I could have cleaned the house and caught up on projects that long needed to be done like most people probably did. I could have worked on a long list of blogposts I've meaning to write. I could have planned out where I wanted what in the garden once I'm able to plant. I could have done lots of things. I could have knitted and I could have done some reading. I didn't do any of those things, though. Instead I fell into the hypnotic cycle of the rain. I got up and did my job every day as I always do (thank goodness for this because bills still have to be paid when it rains), fed the chickens, paid attention to the dogs and my husband, cooked dinner--all the things that have to be done every day. And then I complained, whined, and felt sorry for myself the rest of the time, taking leisurely afternoon naps and watching TV shows I forgot existed. I think I've aptly named the month of September 2010 my tropical depression, double entendre intended.
So here's to the almost end of September. May October be a sunnier month for this urban homesteader. Need I mention that it's pouring down rain right now?
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Oh I know that tropical Depression feeling well. I am over across the state from you way down here in Palm Beach and I can tell you, round about the end of September We hate rain. Now it it was just a storm blowing through that would be ok BUT when we get rain every single day, day after day for Days, Weeks and MONTHS on end it gets very tiring.
I tried to convence the county powers that be, hey we need a dome made out of that waterproof space fabric that will cover up the entire county. You could have it on a big motorized rollers and then have permanent tracks and supports all over the county for when you un-roll it. Water would roll right off into either the Altanic or the Gulf. Would protect us all from tropical storms and hurricanes and the massive rains we get. Now I know this is quiet SiFi BUT we need to think outside the box being we are a storm magnet. I do not need to tell you that they poopoo'ed my idea but you just wait and see if some other places eventually will build it. HA take that Palm Beach.
As for doing those unsavory things, like clean... who has the energy without sunshine.
Eventually the sun will shine, I promise.
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