Full circle

This marks the completion of cycles. We have been in Maryland a year now. I have finished a year of school and Ben has been working at the brewery a year. We have also just finished the wheel garden, fully completing the flower design. I had the month of August off from school to finish our various projects. We held another workday to lay the final layers. I finally got all of the poor plants out of the greenhouse and into the ground, and things are growing and flowering like crazy! Its hard to show in a picture because the camera doesn't know what to focus on. I have been busy harvesting, making pesto and tinctures and drying herbs for tea. The cooling autumn breezes are blowing through and the plants are soaking up the last of the summer sun. I love living out here!

summer storm!

Right after my last post, we had a whopping summer storm that flattened the sunflowers with one fell swoop. It was actually a tornado, and it downed tons of trees and knocked our power lines down for a couple of days. It was the day before a final for me so I was studying by candlelight that night. The teepee also got flattened and some tomatoes got discombobulated. Nature made it's power clear and I was humbled by it. Fortunately most of the plants were too low growing to be affected and summer growth continues without the soaring heights of the sunflowers.