Yes, I know – “Where have you been?” Here’s my excuse. The past summer has been a marathon of trades, construction and moving into our new edifice. I imagined that we’d be moving into a lovely finished space where the most challenging issue would be, “should the couch go here, or over there?” But alas, it might be Christmas before we are relieved with such small decisions. Re gardening, this summer I have planted more plants, pulled more weeds and trimmed more box wood than all 13 years on William Street. It’s as though 6 years of building a garden has been condensed into a few intense months. I think we’ve made good progress getting things started, so now it’s up to the course of nature to grow and mature my efforts.