"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion." from Henry David Thoreau's Walden

Monday, May 17, 2010

More lettuce

Today was pretty straight forward. I stalked down a couple dandelions that I must have missed yesterday, but given that the lawn is riddled with them, I'm sure I'll never win the battle. 

I planted today! That was pretty exciting. I planted bronze arrowhead lettuce and slobolt next to the spinach that I planted yesterday. Also, next to the Arugala I planted more mesclun salad and kaleidoscope premium. Over next to the rhubarb on the South side of the EcoHouse I planted some strawberries. It's decently sunny overthere, but not so sunny that the soil will get too hot I think. 

I trimmed down the sage (which was beginning to overtake the chives) and thinned out some of the volunteer flowers (which were just plain taking over). I watered everything pretty well and checked on all the seedlings. 

Tomorrow will probably be more of the same. But I have pictures!

The Herb bed
The South Bed













The lower North Bed













Some of the Seedlings













The Elder Tree 
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