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So. My garden. It sucks ass for the most part. In July we had 23 days of rain. 23! One of the rainiest summers ever. Slugs are everywhere, despite my best efforts. Most things are not growing right or are just rotting right in the ground. A lot of the plants have turned to mush. Thank god I don't have to depend on it to feed my family. Even the tomatoes in the greenhouse are all flowers and no fruit. It is just too darned cold. And it is mid August! There are few positives. As always, despite doubling the size of my plot, I didn't plant enought potatoes which seem to be doing well.
Carrots are doing well. Leeks, beets, kale and parsnips too. I did pick enough for a nice vegetable soup tonight. Not much return for all the money and labor. Everything else seems to be bolting or eaten by slugs or is just rotting. Of course, in this house, there is still food production going on. Even the crappy garden leads to food. The hogs are doing well and eat the waste. Turkeys and rabbits are growing. Why write about all this? Well three reasons. First, to document life in Kenai Alaska in summer 2010. Second, to keep notes for myself for my garden next year. More of some things. Less of others. Third, to distract myself from the fact that my client in my murder trial is getting sentenced tomorrow. I wish I could talk about that. To tell the world about what is going on in this case. But I can't. So instead I will pretend like rotting onions and slugs are what is really on my mind. Tomorrow is going to be a hard day. An innocent man is going to get life in prison. But. Face forward. March.

Full post as published by A Public Defender's Life in Alaska on August 13, 2010 (boomark / email).