Going, going green... hopefully

Our family started composting a couple of months ago and I have to say I'm very into it. I haven't figured out all the ins and outs about it, but then again, the composter's beginners manual said that turning "garbage" into enriched soil fertilizer can take up to six months.

So, I guess you'll have to ask me in the spring if I did it right.

But the real "green" in the blog header above has to do with the Golan's layer of green that sprouts above the soil this time of year.

Two weeks ago, I wrote that it started to rain a bit and that the land began its annual turn to green. But sadly, this process seems to have come to a halt. Since then very little rain has fallen up here in the northern region of Israel, and it seems that brownish-green patches of land aren't getting brighter - if anything, they're slowly reverting back to their summer-state brown.

Although, after speaking with one of the local farmers about the grim situation last week, it did rain on consecutive days. But sadly, when the third day rolled around the sun prevailed. Hopefully, the adage "when it rains it pours" will come true in the Golan Heights this winter.