Gardening!

We've been composting over the winter and would like to plant some vegetables and herbs this spring and summer (or as close to summer as it gets in Oxford), since we're trying to eat more of those sorts of things. Tony Blair tells us that five a day is optimal. Plus, gardening will get us out into the sunshine and fresh air even when we're not feeling like walking anywhere, which happens a lot to me (not so much to D).

So we did a lot of weeding and mixing of soil, and Wookie watched from the comfort of the living room. I put the tomato and pepper seeds in pots along with half the cucumber and muskmelon seeds, and covered them all with plastic to try to create a bit of a greenhouse effect to get the seeds started.

I've never had much luck with starting things from seed, so we'll see how this goes. If I have to give up and go get seedlings, I'll do it. I want a frigging garden this year.