Obtaining a Yield

We each ate half of a ripe strawberry this morning!

We never get strawberries.  As a matter of fact I rarely plant them because they take so much more effort than the average garden plant to maintain.  These came from some plants my mother gave me last year and somehow survived my complete neglect.  Two beautiful red berries.  Just imagine if I had given them proper attention!  I will readily admit that this is not my best example of permaculture gardening, but it is a reasonable example of a single permaculture principle: Obtain a Yield.

Gloriosity and a Confession

First the confession.  My brain is mush.  It has fallen down the longest hole in the ground known to man.  This hole has a name.  It is the great Mammoth Cave.  Mammoth Cave is a wonderful place to work.  After all, where else can one get paid to walk in a spectacular cave, talk to interesting people, and walk in the woods?  But, here at the beginning of the season, it takes all of my brain power just to remember all of the fascinating tidbits of information that I need to relay to our adoring public.  There is no space left for pondering deep societal issues.  Alas!!

However!  I do have something to offer you all.  I have pictures of the beautiful flowers blooming all over our place:

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy to Behold

I'm a little crabby this morning. It is a drippy dismal day outside, we watched a horrible film last night (Hobo With a Shotgun - sounds hilarious but is really just gross), AND they graded our road this morning.  I'll come back later to why this last irritates me so, but in the meantime, not wanting to spread crabbiness about, I will share the most beautiful thing in my yard this morning.