Picking
Weeding & Picking every day. After finishing other outside projects around here, I step into the garden to pick some ripe strawberries. Today’s pickings amount to 12 cups after washing and coring. Here is how they cook up into strawberry jam in the evening. Sweet home aromas! I love the smell of jam-cooking, drifting throughout the house during the summer evenings.
Meanwhile, back at the garden. After picking strawberries and setting the water, I look for the shadiest area to choose where to weed, and today it is the corn.
Weeding
Gardens are always in need of weeding, no matter how conscientious of a gardener you are. I am comfortable in my Bloomsday long sleeve shirt, jeans, and wearing an old lady straw hat along with sunglasses. The breeze is heavenly, the birds sing to me as butterflies and hummingbirds swoop in and around. Heavenly. It is truly amazing how calming and relaxing this chore is. Mindfully, stretching the back, arms, and legs while requiring that I use my knees.
I weeded the first three rows completely. Looks pretty. However, noticing that I was running out of sunlight…. I did a “pre-weed” on the remaining four rows of corn.
What is a “pre-weed”?
I stand and pull the obvious big weeds as I am walking down the row, instead of getting each and every little weed out (on my knees). I’ll go back and fully weed these rows next time around. It will not be the last time the corn will need to be weeded.
