Grumpy About the Weather? Let this Perfect Pomegranate Cheer You Up

Mother Nature and the isobar have been trying this girl's patience. I’ve been waiting for tomorrow like a child waits for Christmas. Predicted temperatures were 75 degrees for our area, but today, the forecast has changed dramatically, and we’re expected to reach only 56 degrees. Plus, clouds. And endless cold rain to come.

So, let’s just make it official: this is turning out to be a second-rate spring. We planned on putting in the greens beds this weekend, and we still might, but it won’t be nearly as fun and warm a day as we had hoped. And to speak the truth, if tomorrow is a total washout – drizzling, cloudy, and cool - we’ll probably postpone sowing greens seeds until it warms up.

Watching the weather has become a national obsession, but no one tracks the weather like master gardeners. Our moods swing with the forecast. We’ve been getting grim forecasts this month, and I can vouch for the fact that gardeners everywhere in the Northeast are about as grumpy right now as gardeners can get. Not cool.

But OK, here’s a chance to apply the teachings of the precious Dharma. There is nothing over which we have control, so why stress about it? Impermanence is the nature of all things. And once we start coveting something, we learn the hard lesson of attachment. Don’t cling, even to dreams of the garden.

I’m going to indulge in a little frustration this afternoon, and then get over it. The weekend can still be filled with good things. My husband and I have a cool new Vietnamese coffee maker and coffee from Vietnam, and I’m looking forward to trying both.

We have a recipe for jackfruit nachos that we’re going to try, and that I’ll write about next week. There’s some indoor gardening prep to do, and the gardening shed needs clearing out. He’s going to work on the boat and get it ready for the season. We may still work in the food gardens. I have books to read and friends to catch up with. I may take a trip to Wholefoods for fresh turmeric root and a few ripe passionfruit. Maybe I’ll meet my bestie for coffee. And then there’s naps.

Oh, and my waterskiing endorsement came in from the CT Department of Environmental Protection today. So that’s happy news for me, even if it won’t be for everyone else out on the water this summer.

And finally, there’s this perfect pomegranate in our fruit bowl at home this morning. Something as immaculate as this could come only from the blesséd hands of Mother Earth, who’s good to us even when we’re not feeling the love.

I guess it’s all good.

Barbie xo