Life at the moment

So many good things have happened lately and life feels great overall. I am happy to have met Mike Kelley and started working with him in early May. I have been harvesting lots of veg and eating from the garden every day. All the planting for this summer was completed in June. Since then I have done almost zero hours of work on the garden except now I am spending a lot of time harvesting. That is the benefit of drip irrigation and a strong ground-cover, in this case woven black plastic which lasts for 10 years and doesn't let weeds through + stores heat in the soil. Mike Kelley was really impressed by the garden and encouraged me to use the farmstand by his house. That has been doing well (extra 30 dollars a day for 1 month). and I have gained a lot of attention online by posting an advertisement on a Facebook group "Saltspring Foodies and Farmstands". I feel that many in the community here on Saltspring support me indirectly. I am eating from the garden every day, mostly huge green onions that I use with shin ramyun or stirfry. I had an amazing shin ramyun yesterday and the tomatoes were so good. I stir-fried them with ground pork, soy sauce, and chili paste. I have become better friends with Raven who is still helping me catch up on the things that must be completed. The only two projects I resent are the Brinkworthy project and the Recycling Container project which has been a learning experience. I never would have taken it on as a project if I knew what I now know. I could restain the deck at Cottonwood and replace the rotten part of the railing, however I dont feel it is urgent. I must re-finish the bench at Doug's, ideally before he goes away so he can see a good side of me. I will talk to him on Sunday of this week about his property maintenance while he and Susan are both in Louisiana where they live most of the year. I feel good about our friendship. When Masami and I had brunch with Doug and Susan, we hugged warmly afterward. I work for Thelma doing weed-eating and brush-cutting tomorrow (Saturday). She pays me very well and makes me lunch. She is another good contact that I made within the last year. I am planning to go to the Fall Fair on Sunday of this week (the day where I will also talk to Doug.) I am meeting Raven after he's done at Windsor today (around 4pm) so we can work on the recycling bin project which is about 30% done. I should grab some more 2"18ga. pin nails for that project. I need to harvest many ripe tomatos and zucchini's at Atkins today. I have attended the 7am every morning for 3 weeks now. I have not missed a day on my 6:30am toso for months (except for Haida Gwaii where I could not host it). A few people joined recently besides Masami and that was encouraging. I feel it is slowly growing. Everything is growing in my life and it feels good :)