well the arbor is almost done, the beds are dug, the first of the transplants are in (I think I lost a couple lettuce plants to heat, thankfully I have replacements ready.) The sad part is that they were my favorites: "Tom Thumb" a softball sized heading lettuce. By far the most delicious I have ever tasted.
I put in nasturtiums in the walled bed that is holding some surprisingly lush blooming lilac saplings (surprising that they survived). What did I do this weekend for earth day? the same thing I plan on doing every weekend I can. Move towards a more empowering post consumer lifestyle.
My wife commented that I seemed especially driven, staying busing from sunup to sundown, strangely, it doesn't feel like work.
I got all the perennials in minus two that I couldn't fit in the armload, I realized I need a lot more to fill in the spaces. I got a bit of seeding to do tonight.
And to top it all off I had a great talk with our 8 year old about how the difference between a weed and non-weed is in the eye of the beholder. Our yard is in bloom with dandelions from about late may onward, and her previous impression was from someone who found them to be a nuisance and tried to eradicate them. I told her about the multiple uses for them as greens, coffee substitute, wine. She seemed impressed and pressed for more plants that could be used like that. I was at a loss to elaborate, but who knows I might have a little herbalist on my hands.
She's a self professed "indoor girl" but this weekend she came inside with dirty bare feet, so its a step in the right direction.
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