earth day

happy earth day, everyone.
play in nature,
plant something,
visualize a clean planet...
then go forth and make it happen!

big sky courtesy of brian schwartz photography

are we there yet?

say hello to little gus! at least someone is enjoying a bit of springtime glee.

i mean really, are we there yet? it's nearly may. but perhaps i shouldn't be so dispirited. we did enjoy a couple glorious days of sunshine last week, and it looks like more may be on the way. i'll try not to be a weather skeptic and just enjoy each day as it comes.

because there are great things to celebrate. lettuce, arugula, carrots, kale, radishes, and rainbow chard are up!

arugula
(yes, it needs to be thinned out a bit)

green leaf lettuce

french breakfast and cherry belle radishes

coming out of last year's garden, we learned to sow successive plantings of certain vegetables. so, once one crop comes up, in goes another. already we have a couple patches of arugula, lettuces, and micro greens for a more continuous harvest once the growing season kicks into full swing.

spicy micro greens
they've got quite a bite

and some red cabbage starts
finally in the ground

aside from a myriad of greens and reds, also making an entrance into the veg foray this season are potatoes, onions, and shallots, all of which are easy to get in the ground. for the potatoes, just dig a hole or trench (we did the latter), set a potato in and cover it up. then, wait for greens to shoot up, and continue to mound soil up over it. apparently the potato becomes many potatoes. stay tuned.


and you may recall from a previous post that we planted snap peas last month. let's just say that i highly suspect a certain neighbor dog, and/or rogue deer, got into the peas. on multiple occasions. we have re-planted peas three times now. the nice thing is, i got some free seeds at the green festival a couple weekends back.


and to end on a sweet, or at least a tart note - the rhubarb is making major strides. witnessing its progress has been exciting - the way each leaf un-rumples (yes, un-rumples) - it's very accordion like. then the brilliant pink stalks shoots up. can't wait for strawberry-rhubarb pie!