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Today’s blustery weather makes me just a tiny bit concerned because over the weekend I spent an afternoon tilling the ground in my limited back yard for a lovely veggie garden and I’m hoping my delicate seedlings are holding up!
There’s a unique delight spending an afternoon outdoors, hands in the soil, creating neat little rows of potential culinary wonders! I had the special honor this year of putting in several of seedlings that my brother started in his windowsill. Green-thumbery runs in our family, but he definitely got a larger portion of that blessing than I did- I just hope I can keep his little babies alive!
And now as I pass by my kitchen sink, I can see my little plot out the window and every time I do, I get a little thrill at the beauty and order and life that is cultivating out there. I’ve been missing those quiet, early morning moments in the sanctuary of my garden while watering or weeding or picking a tomato warmed by the sun and I’m glad spring is here.
All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar. -Helen Hayes
The veggies and herbs that made the garden list this year include four varieties of tomatoes, carrots, thai peppers, beets, eggplant, bush beans, crook neck squash, zucchini, strawberries, radishes, cilantro, basil, mint and sage. And in very ecourban fashion, my neighbor has offered me some large pots in his back yard (which connects to mine through an opening in our fence) to continue a mini-community garden. Fun!
What are you growin’ this year?
Vanessa
3 responses so far ↓
1 wburg // Mar 27, 2007 at 5:00 pm
I’m growin’ impatient!!
The plan was to tear all of the grass out of our backyard and replace it with a driveway (decomposed granite or other permeable surface) and garden space, but due to not selling the house yet that is all on hold. We’ve still got our artichokes at the old place, and the grape vines are just starting to come back to life. Hopefully we’ll have the house sold in time for the new owner to enjoy this year’s grapes (we left the place set up with a low-water-using automated drip/sprinkler system.
If I can get things going next month I’ll go score some tomato plants in pots. I’ll be real unruly if I have to go a summer without backyard tomatoes that are still warm from the sun when I slice ‘em up for a sandwich.
2 Mitch // Mar 31, 2007 at 9:46 am
Salsa Garden!
3 Nicholas // Apr 4, 2007 at 12:59 pm
I am going green and helping the environment by neglecting the lawn-mower. The throttle was broken, had it fixed, and went back inside after searching for a lost nut. Found the nut, all is well, and soon, after careful neglect, a machete will be required to make it from one corner of the yard to the other. On the lighter side, I can breathe in the air without catching the scent of asphalt, now if I could just get rid of these allergies…
Nicholas
P.S.
I think purchasing carbon offsets is as sinister as purchasing Papal Pardons. I think people should be more directly involved with their investments in energy alternatives-with time and money.
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