Spring is my favorite time in my adopted home of Minnesota. After the brutal winter (which is shorter than the ones I grew up with in Hamilton, Ontario, but is far more severe in terms of sub-zero temperatures, amount of snowfall, and lack of sunlight), we really like to make the most of spring here.
In this blog, I'm going to try to document what I do in the spring to get my garden up and running. Part of the reason why is political. During WWII, Victory Gardens were used as a way of providing cheap sustainable nourishment to people suffering from the effects of rationing and wartime privations. In the current financial meltdown, I see it as an additional way to break away from dependence on the corporate/factory food machine. Perhaps it's a small step. But better to start with a small step than not at all.
I began this year's garden on Sunday, March 30, 2010, the day we returned from our spring break trip to Mexico (banish all thoughts of a frat party in Acapulco - we were in the Unesco biosphere reserve in Sian Ka'an).
Sunday was sunny and high 50s. I began by planting one of my salad tables (more instructions on & photos of salad tables to follow, as well as full credits to the guy who invented them - this is simply a quick post before I bike over to collect my son Tristan at school).
Yesterday (sunny and low 60s), I finished planting the first salad table. Today (partly cloudy and high 60s) I transplanted some herbs from Trader Joe's (rosemary, sage, and two bunches of thyme) into one of my homemade, eco-friendly container boxes (more on those later - including photos & instructions on how to build).
But today - simply a beginning to this journal. And a few quick pix (all taken by my iPhone since I have no idea where Megan's stashed the Nikon SLR).
Enjoy...
