The Garden is Taking Form

I told myself this year that we weren't planting things too early because stuff always freezes so this weekend we still planted lettuce, radishes, and spinach which ought to do O.K. since they are cold weather crops.  I actually was organized enough to still have my calendar from last year and it was the exact same weekend in April that we planted the same things.  (We must have just returned from our trip to the Masters... sigh...)  So, I guess I'm on schedule with the garden.  All the potatoes and onions are planted.  We found some of our potatoes from last year's crop were sprouting so Bruce eagerly planted those this weekend, too.   

I planted the lettuce, spinach and radishes in the boxes or the South Garden.  (Bruce is in the North Garden in the above photo)  I like the South Garden because I can see it all the time looking outside the kitchen window (which is usually where I am in the house).  I call it my "rear window" because I am looking out it so much, not sure what I'm spying on...Marie's horses next door?

One time I did see our neighbor across the street sneaking into Marie's pasture to retrieve his cat who wouldn't come when he called it.  When he climbed the fence, he broke it!  I'm standing there straining my neck looking out my rear window watching him!  When he left, I called Marie to tell her the neighbor broke the fence but as I spoke, I kept looking out and saw the neighbor walking up to Marie's door to tell her himself!  I'm such a spy!!

The catnip is thriving and cats are eating one end of it down

pretty good already!