Totoro

In one of my favorite movies of all time, "My Neighbor Totoro," the girls plant seeds in their yard and immediately begin checking the soil for seedlings. After a few days of just looking at dirt, they have a dream that the forest spirit comes to visit them and helps the seeds grow into a giant tree. In the morning, the seeds have sprouted, and they're left to wonder if it really was a dream...

Last night, we had some family time in the garden, and Juliette helped me dig up the dirt so I could plant our cauliflower (Romanesco Veronica) and some carrots. She had such a good time. ("DIGGIN!") and it was fun to all be outside in the cool evening air.

So, of course, it was way too soon to be checking for sprouts, but that didn't stop me from going outside to peek. I took some pictures of our piles of dirt, for your entertainment.

Here are the raised vegetable beds. You can see Little Lime in the corner!
The next pic is a side bed that has peas, carrots, spinach and a few potatoes. If you're thinking the pea trellis looks like it was made using ugly, cat-hair coated scraps of wood, the wrong hardware, and Disney-like innocent stick-to-it-iveness, you're right!

Finally, here's a picture of a bed that will mostly be herbs and a few flowers. We're still painting, though. It'll be green soon! (the garage, and the bed!)


I can't believe I'm saying this, but Happy Earth Day!