I convinced Matt (without much persuasion needed) to make the trek to the gardening store. We are now armed and ready to plant:

1. Burpee’s Heirlooms: Carrot Touchon (Sweet & Tender)
2. Burpee’s Heirlooms: Radish French Breakfast (Crisp & Zesty)
3. Burpee’s Heirlooms: Pea Thomas Laxton (Delicious)
4. Botanical Interests: Spinach Bloomsdale
5. Onion sets (um, like 200 bulbs)

We’re going to wait until Mother’s Day for the tomatoes and zinnias.

The “Plant Doctor” was on call and we asked her to test our soil. When we explained that we do “square-foot gardening” she was very snooty and almost didn’t even want to test our “potting mix,” as she called it. She also insisted that … Read More

It’s beautiful outside.

Of course, since I live in Colorado, it could easily be snowing tomorrow.

Alas, I took advantage of the transitory warmth to do a little gardening. Or, pre-gardening, I should say.

At the end of last season, I pretty much left the raised beds in utter disarray. I was discouraged by the garden’s lack of proliferation last season, and I was cold.

So today I pulled out all the old plants, as well as the new weeds. I turned the soil and evened it out in the beds. They look fantastic. And it took me less than an hour. Hooray for square-foot gardening! There’s so much … Read More

Matt and I had a bit of a tiff last night. He picked up four bottles of Naked juice, overjoyed that they would only cost us $14. I didn’t say anything about it, but apparently my face did.

He confronted me.

I explained, “It’s just that I don’t really see the point in spending money on fruit juice. If you want the benefits of juice, why not just eat the fruit itself? It costs less. There’s more fiber. And you aren’t condoning the production of more plastic.”

He proceeded to read the salubrious ingredients, including things like spiralina.

I argued that our venerable ancestors did not drink spiralina out of … Read More