Happy Spring!

Saving these seeds really paid off. "Hillbilly" is an heirloom tomato that I grew last year and loved. They were huge and made the best creamy, bright sauce. I put a few seeds from my best tomato in between paper towels and look! Potentially, about a hundred pounds of tomatoes, stay tuned.

Everything has just been sitting, waiting for more warmth, light, spring! These radishes are poised for quick growth, you can harvest in about a month.

I moved the baby pac choi into a bigger pot, still in clumps till they gain strength. Then I'll keep some here and spread some elsewhere.

I bought 6 of these for $2.50, about the price of one head of this gourmet lettuce blend. These will be the first to harvest, yippee.

Ah, the first day of spring...this is the day to stand back and watch and listen how the natural world celebrates this time. A day of balance -- equi + nox, equal night and day. It's a good day to get out there and just give thanks for this beautiful earth, give something back to the earth, make an offering to the earth and all the forces that work in harmony to support all life. Make that connection, even for a minute. We're very lucky, and we have a lot to be thankful for; it's a good day to set our intentions for our gardens, ask the spirits in the natural world to help and bless our efforts-- together we can keep growin that positive vibe.
Nationally and locally, the movement towards eating healthier, local, organic, gardening, edible schoolyards, farm to school programs, we're way beyond gaining momentum to packin a full head of steam! Every day seems there's more good news; today Michelle Obama broke ground with some neighborhood schoolkids for the new OG veg garden on the White House Lawn. Green light!