For everything there is a season!

I've been thinking about this post for a long time, and finally decided to write about it.  Two years ago this March, my grandma passed away, pretty unexpectidly.  Her health had been failing for some time, but the day she died, she was scheduled to be released from the hospital.  As everyone knows death brings about deep thinking and regrets.  Since she has passed, we have moved and bought a house with 4 acres.  There is almost not a day goes by that I don't still think of her.  Everything about our little hobby farm reminds me of her.  The first thing is our chickens, my grandma loved fresh eggs, so everytime I collect them, or package them, I think how she would love them, and that big fat rooster I can't seem to sale, or eat for that matter! lol, but grandma would!  The next would be pecans, they are everywhere here.  We have 40 mature pecan tree just in our back yard, not including the small pasture.  This winter we tried to harvest a few, and I actually sold about 15 pounds of them, and the entire time all I could think of was how much she would have enjoyed craking and picking them!
Now that spring is here and we've started planting I always think of the canning.  That is one of my regrets, that I didn't learn enough before she was gone, and that is how the title of the post came about.  The only way I have been able to cope with my grief and regret is to remember that to everything there is a season.  I did help Grandma with things, and she did teach me so much, but there are still times i wish I would have asked more questions, listened more.  Grandma was the type who would rather do something herself than try to tell someone how to do it, so I still feel a little cheated, but I'm the same way, so shame on me.
I guess the reason this has been on my mind so much, believe it or not, is because of my garden.  My grandparents have ALWAYS had a garden! ALWAYS!!!  So, this season marks my second garden, it is not perfect by any means, but it has been so awesome.  It is bittersweet, but have enjoyed still having my poppy here, to help me along the way.  I know everyone has their own method for planting, so everytime I open a new pack of seeds, or hoe a row, I call him.  Ok poppy, today I'm planting whatever, how many to a spot, how far apart, etc.  Not sure what I will do when he's gone, but while he's still here, I'm going to learn all that I can!