Gardening

Today I ate my first thing from the garden -- the lettuce in the salad I brought to work. It was very tasty, though I made a note to myself to get a lettuce mix with less arugula next year.

Here's what the garden beds looked like in late April when I was in the middle of tilling them:


The pile of weeds I took out of them (now being composted):


I haven't used my car since January, and I was determined to get this stuff home without one. I did get a couple weird looks on the way home.


And here's what the garden looks like now:


It's coming along pretty well, with the first tiny green tomatoes now visible. The cast includes:

• tomatoes (Better Boy, Yellow Plum, Old German, Cherokee Purple)


• green garlic (found in garden beds, as seen in first picture)


• zucchini


• lettuce mix


• broccoli


• carrots


• green beans (two varieties)


• dill, basil, mint (in pots)

If you come visit in a month or so, it may be all-you-can-eat tomatoes.