Checking In

'nuther pound gone. Yahoo! I'm surprised. Shocked actually. I spent the week making few choices, and those I made tended to be bad ones. Fortunately, my appetite is much less than it was, and my penchant for eating away boredom is also decreased. New week, new resolve.

The garden, as much as it can be in early April in Vermont is in. The first planting of lettuce, and spinach went in last week, then carrots, peas, and yesterday some onions - some to grow big and "dry", some to pick young and green. It depends on depth and spacing as much as grow time to get good green onions. Mom asked if I was planning to grow leeks. She always did, and as sandy vegetables go, no thanks. Besides, my soil is much to heavy. That's my story anyway, and I'm sticking to it. Over the next few weeks I'll add successive rows of lettuce, spinach and carrots, then once it warms up we'll put in some pumpkins, some watermelons, tomatoes, and green beans.

The strawberries are sending out new leaves, no signs from the raspberries yet. And flower garden wise, I'm seeing stirrings from LOTS of daffodils and iris. I think the squirrels polished off the last of the tulip bulbs. The roses, lilacs and the flowering almond are all swelling up buds, and I've seen pokeys from the bee balm, Shasta daisies and peonies. Ahhhhh, spring.

The allergies are back too. :oP