The first snow
October 29th, 2002 by Kathy Purdy · No Comments
We are supposed to get our first snow of the season tonight and tomorrow morning with accumulations of an inch or more in the higher elevations, which is where I am. The first snow always evokes a lot of conflicting feelings in me. I have to face up to the fact that I am not going to get all those fall chores done. The gardening season is over and there is no more opportunity to catch up, finish up, cross it off the list. On the other hand, I can let go of all the oughts and musts, and look forward to deep garden dreaming for the next several months. There’s never a garden so perfect as the one that’s in your head, the one you will have–someday. Now I tackle all the indoor oughts and musts, all the neglected household chores that were laid aside to garden. I live a lopsided life.
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About Kathy Purdy
Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. •
USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural;
Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian
Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level:
intermediate
• Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY
native plants, gardening with/for children
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