Just checked out the hardiness zone of the new place vs the current place. We go from a 7b to a 7a which isn’t too bad.
We got a solid 2” of rain Sunday - my brother, on the coast, got 4”. I do believe that catches our area up for the year on total rainfall. Talking to the family west of the mountains, they are in drought conditions and while they got some rain, there was nowhere near enough to change the drought designation.
What feels SUPER weird is looking at my garden. I got this past season’s debris out (dead plants), but still need to do a lot of soil/bed prep work, finish the weed barrier project, etc. .... except now I don’t. I will be ‘walking away’ from it all, don’t need to do a thing. I might need to take my 4 (3x6 so not huge) metal raised beds apart, which is going to be a ‘pain ... if I can get them loose in one piece, I might be able to trailer them without taking them apart. My 15 bags of pine needle mulch are going ... somehow. I think I can get them all in the trailer. Last I checked, the trailer lights worked, but the tires are ‘ancient’& very likely dry rotted ... I am having both replaced & the spare, so I shouldn’t have tire issues. When I had horses and was on the road with them a lot going to shows, I was really good at backing the trailer - I will have to dust off my skills. The trailer is small, but large enough to hold one golf cart, with the front panel down so I think I should be able to move the garden stuff myself.
I was in Walmart (ugh) yesterday, but it was a necessity. For the first time, I actually got a brief feeling of ‘Christmas’. We had no Christmas last year, so even if it was in a long line, in that store, I was glad to be feeling ‘something’.
LOL! You sound like me when I sold my ranch house in the ‘burbs and bought my first farm. I had it written into the contract that I could come back the next spring for my compost pile. The new owners said, “YES! PLEASE DO!” :)
You’ll have that ‘Christmas Feeling’ again. Mine sucked in 2020 when my Dad died and we were all trapped like rats in our homes. But, Life Goes On, as time will show you. :)
My next Wal-Mert Adventure will be the day AFTER Christmas, but I plan on just placing an order for pick-up for the remaining things I need for our celebration on the 30th. If they don’t have the Garden Center open, I rarely go inside. ;)