Should We Panic?

Why can't everyone get along?

We were all so happy with the Olympics in Sochi. It was spectacular and fun to watch. Yet, what has happened? Rumblings of discord are being heard and more worryingly mentions of a possible armed conflict. Yikes, that is rather scary. What will be the outcome of the Para-Olympics, or more importantly, will it take place at all?

As some of you might know, I tend to get a ' bee in my bonnet ' and am fond of going off on a tangent. Bob knows that some of my ideas range from good to eh, questionable...Last night while watching this geo - political happening on the News, I said to Bob:

" Schatzi, I think we must buy seeds as soon as possible. We need to plant lots of vegetables just in case there is a shortage! "

To which he replied:

" Don't be stupid. That's not going to happen."

He thought about this for a minute or two and then,

" But we can't plant it haphazardly like last year. We need to plan it carefully and do it properly! "

At the very least, this will get Bob and I to do a nice crop this season. Tomatoes, cabbage, turnip, chillies, green beans, carrots and potatoes. For the last year or so, Bob has been cultivating our own compost heap and with any luck, this year we can use our own compost. It will be interesting to see if it will have a lot of weeds inherent...

Last year, we got our compost from our village. The local farmers had dumped a lot of manure just on the outskirts. Manure that we could get for free. Oh, we did about 3 trailer loads of this manure. It was an experience for us ex-city folks to shovel it onto a trailer. Putting a heap of compost / manure onto a shovel is not so easy! The aromas were on the overpowering side, but after the first trailer we acclimatized and we were both rewarded with biceps of note. No wobbly arms for me.

This free manure came at a cost as does anything that is free...it sprouted weeds galore. Not to be too blunt, but we could get a gist of where the cows had eaten. Oh yes, manure is a fancy word for cow - poo! Living in the country, I love it!

Biggi