Since I finished USMLE Step 1, I have been making good progress on my "To Do After Boards" list. On Easter Sunday, I "installed" my garden for this year. I had such a relaxing afternoon working outside in the sun by myself. I forgot how peaceful and enjoyable gardening is. The official line-up for 2012:
- rosemary
- basil
- green onions
- cilantro
- watermelon
- tomato
- sage
- thyme
- dill
This year, I decided to do less veggies and more herbs, since the veggie plants don't produce as much as I would like. At least with the herbs, I'll use them all the time. Unfortunately, the hardware store I always get my starter plants at had a terrible selection this year, so I am actually going to try starting from seeds for a few of the items. I've never done that before so I'm nervous, especially with my vacation coming up, the timing of watering and planting might be a little tricky.
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I can't remember if I ever blogged about this, but last year when I was putting in my 2011 garden, I came across a
family of black widows. They decided to take up residence underneath an unused bag of garden soil, and there were a LOT of them. Normally, I am not too scared of spiders (in fact, I am the official "spider wrangler" of the household), but black widows just give me the heebie jeebies. Ick! So anyway, at the time I tried to smash them with my shovel, but I don't think I got them all, so now every time I'm out in my garden, I always keep my eyes peeled in case they have decided to return for revenge. This year, I encountered a variety of nasty spiders, but they weren't black widows, so I wasn't scared. I can't imagine how arachnophobes would ever manage to garden.
