Sprout Update

We have sprouts! Three varieties of lettuce have begun to sprout, along with the spinach and the brussel 'sprouts'. It's so exciting.

The weather is warming up a little every day. Our veggies should be sprouting the next couple of weeks and then it will be time to transplant them outside.

It's Leonard Cohen Week

It must be Leonard Cohen week. I have heard Leonard Cohen songs all week, and it's only Wednesday.

Right now we are watching and listening to a live performance by Leonard Cohen in London on the Canadian chanel, CBUT.

Earlier this week I got the CD, "Famous Blue Raincoat", which is songs of Leonard Cohen sung by Jennifer Warnes. I don't know why; I just felt compelled to.

We have talked of Leonard Cohen and his music at the dinner table this week, and about how strange it is for a person to have such a talent for writing beautiful songs, while having such a limit to the appeal of his own voice. Still, he manages to sing his own songs, and have a following that is quite remarkable.

So it must be Leonard Cohen week.

At long last, gardening again

Well, we have our garden plot ready. We have two raised beds that are 3.5' by 16'. I am starting some seedlings under lights in the basement. I am waiting anxiously for them to sprout. I feel like a new mother. Hope they come up.

We can start planting some seeds directly, so I have to decide just when to do that, and how to mark them somehow.

I am so excited about having a garden again. Hope our lettuce does well. We eat a lot of salad.

Photos soon.