chomping at the bit

I am not a patient gardener. I do not want to wait for the soil temperature to be right. I do not want to wait ten minutes for the soil test to finish. I do not want to wait for the seeds to germinate. I check my starts every morning, looking for action.Finally we are getting to the point now where I can see the changes every day. Which means here comes my other problem, I hate thinning out seeds. I know I have to do it, but it just hurts me, plucking out those perfectly good little sprouts. Good sign though, this year I have done better than last, and since this is only my second real year of having a garden (or a house) I'm optimistic about my future.

This is the first real salad of the year! I picked a little of the wild arugula a few weeks ago, but it wasn't really enough for a whole salad, I had to mix it in with the store bought. But the arugula is awesome, it came in super early and I didn't even plant it, it just came back from last year, and it's spreading! I hope it takes over the whole yard. I hope I grow enough lettuces this year to overdose on the stuff. Lettuce is one of my favorite garden things because it is so, so, so much better than store bought or even farmer's market bought a lot of the time. I love going out and picking a little bit of different kinds and eating it right away. But I really hate washing it, it is such a hump to get over, like when you are reading on the couch and you really, really want to go to bed, but the effort of getting up and brushing the teeth and washing the face are just too much to face, too, too hard. I know, rough life.