Cold Sunny Day

Zipper

It's a cold sunny day today, but dark clouds are looming. It's more than the usual dread of living in the Anthropocene that darkens every joy.

It seems that the imbeciles with all the guns and money are intent on making everyone's lives worse with moronic trade policies that are going to drive up food prices.

This is not the right blog for trying to solve the world's problems. It's focused on the garden and self-sufficiency, which is always a good policy. 

Rumor has it, today, that Colombia is about to have a 25% tariff inflicted on it. Of course, the people paying for it will be people who drink coffee. The cost will just be passed on to consumers here. This is what happens when idiots vote to put buffoons in charge. 

But you can't fix stupid. Whinging won't change it. 

So it is time to be practical and stock up on coffee. We've been doing this for a couple of months already, but we will be stepping it up. There are about 20 lbs. in the basement, and we will be stockpiling.

There is a sense of urgency in garden planning this year that I haven't felt since the pandemic.

The plan will have to be to include some staples that last, get the seeds ordered early, and take advantage of every trick out there for maximizing harvest from small spaces. 

We had good luck with succession planting last year, and we'll be redoubling efforts this year.

Snow peas sharing a trellis with squash and pumpkins are one example. 

Garden planning continues.