Let me start again. The pond garden project is moving slow. Let me rephrase...it is moving at a snails pace. I've decided on hugelkulture beds. More on that later.

    What got me into gardening/farming? Growing up my parents had fairly decent sized gardens off and on, mostly when mom didn't work. In our first house we had a huge one, plus we helped tend gardens at both of my grandmothers. I absolutely hated the shelling and picking. Hated. By the time I got old enough to maybe appreciate the planting part we had to move. Dad had a thing for other women, especially other mens wives. I never really gave much thought to it though occasionally I would try to sprout acorns I would find or pine seeds. The bug bit me later in life.

    I discovered a buried interest sometime after my daughter expressed an interest in Wicca. How did one lead to the other you might ask...well I am getting there. I decided to do some research before I let her explore this belief. In my research I discovered all kinds of herbal and gardening groups on Yahoo. It was here that I first heard the terms Permaculture and Natural Farming. As I joined groups and read further I discovered the work of Holzer, Jeavons and Fukuoka, just to name a few. Over the years of success and failures of small gardens, mostly along the steps of apartments I have found waht I want to do, and I am finally in the place I can do it. Now if I can just squeeze a few more hours out of each day...