Better Late than Never

Today I weeded my garden with a spoon.

This spoon.

 

 Why? Because I had it in my hand when I noticed that

the garden needed to be weeded. 

It was, after all, the big day for planting. 

Don't even bother asking why I haven't planted the garden yet.

It is a combination of bad weather, lots of other things to do,

and my scatter-brained nature 

which is also responsible for my setting out to weed 

four enormous raised beds with a soup spoon.

Once the beds were weeded it was time for the spoon

to head to the dishwasher

while I headed to the kitchen table to determine

what to plant and where to plant it.

(I find this process is enhanced by making a huge mess).

 

 Next it was back outside to turn the soil.

This can be done in several different ways,

but I always choose to do it the most labor-intensive way

i.e. using a shovel and a rake

(hey, it is an improvement from the spoon!)

Once the soil was turned, I amended it with one of my favorite

composts: Coast of Maine Lobster Compost

(and yes, it actually is made from lobsters)

Then it was time to plant:

mostly I am doing direct-sow crops this year

but I also planted some strawberries

after the dogs decided to uproot all of my plants from last year.

 And the best discovery while I was out there was this:

 My asparagus made it through its first winter!

Only a couple years to go and 

I will actually get to harvest some.

So there you have it, 

the crops are in.

Better late than never.

And in my defense,

I have been growing some things for a while.

Here is our hydroponic set-up in the kitchen

where we are growing lettuce, kale, chard, and basil.