spring has sprung - i think.

Here it is! The garden's latest incarnation. We have, from left to right: 2 artichokes (starts), pole beans and snap peas (seeds), cauliflower (starts), strawberries (from a large container at home), brussel sprouts (starts), potatoes (already in the garden - they were a surprise), beets (already there), green onions (already there plus we planted bulbs), lettuce (starts), chard (already there) and leeks (seeds). C is standing near the potatoes and greens.

How exciting is this? I'm sure we'll lose some stuff, but since we have a full garden I'm kind of counting on it so we can plant some later season crops. I'm thrilled, and we had such a fantastic day yesterday doing all of this planting.

Helen is the woman who's garden is behind ours - the one with all the berries. She a very nice older woman who's been gardening here for 30 years. The bed we have now had been hers for many years. She used to have 6 plots, I believe, and she's been giving them up one by one. She now has two left. She's sort of famous in the p-patch, and everyone keeps telling us how lucky we are to have her patch. It's true - it's amazing soil and she's a wonderful woman. We were very fortunate with this one - definitely worth the wait.