K is for Kitchen Garden

I love having a kitchen garden. It's hard to do in a city full of wildlife (I have squirrels, possums, raccoons, rabbits, and homeless bipeds roaming my neighborhood), but it's satisfying to grow your own food and things picked fresh are much tastier than store-bought.

I found some of my seeds from previous years this winter. Most are 2-3 years old, since I didn't manage to set up my garden last year. That was probably just as well, as we had a drought all year and I didn't have time to water all the time.

But this year (about a week ago) I set up a flat and decided to see if any of my old seeds will sprout. We'll see. In the meantime, I ordered some weird tomatoes--they get stolen less than the normal sort, and besides, I really like the flavors of most of the stripey and purple varieties.

Oh, and fresh herbs! They're so wonderful.

I can buy great seeds
But not sun, rain, or wildlife
Still, this year, I'll try

I got outside briefly today, and dug up a bit of the garden, pulling out the tufts of grass that took root there over last summer. It was too cold for just my shirt and too hot with my coat on, but I got a bit done before bringing my half-frozen fingers back inside.