gardens ad nauseum
I would have posted yesterday, but all my free time is taken up by gardening. Really! I meant what I said about the chickens the other day, but in view of the difficulties in beginning the chicken project I'm sticking with plants for the time being. Also, I have decided that perhaps plants and animals can coexist, and both be objects of desire for my agricultural soul; it sounds crazy, but I'm told that's how they do it on farms these days. I planted strawberries today and moved some of that sage or whatever it is from the side yard to the back; yesterday I moved some lilies out of the woods into the garden and cut back the (deadly) dead stems of the wild roses and just generally tried to nicen up the woods. Other things too I did, I'm sure, but I can't remember them.
I also picked the first fruit of the garden today, which was vegetables: lettuce to be exact. And they were the most delicious lettuces I ever tasted! Even Leah agreed that they were good, and she is not crazy like I am. I'm boring everyone with all this garden talk, but it's like an irresistable obsession!