Ants in my pants

All around the community garden there have been signs of life. Some of it the remnants of previous seasons some the fresh new sprouts of the hardier spring plants that people have planted over the past month. I've seen garlic, onions, chives, asparagus, kale, chard, strawberries gone wild and myriad flowers throughout. In our own garden we have lettuce, radishes and beets a plenty, but no sign of our carrots or peas yet, and the asparagus went in only a week ago and I'm not expecting to see much activity from that for at least a few weeks.

We also have a few unknowns rising up from the soil. I'm not sure if they're weeds, flowers or vegetable but they're obviously remnants of the previous owners garden that we failed to dig out or kill off with our turning of the soil and removal of the raised beds.

Annie and I saw the arrival of our garden's bees this weekend. I wish Meg had been there to photograph the process as it was fascinating to watch. Alas she was a bit under the weather this weekend and barely rallied for a photo shoot she had scheduled. She did get some post installation shots and presumably they'll be here for your viewing.

The fun is somewhat on hold for a few weeks while we wait for the warmer weather so we can add the other veggies and plants we intend to maintain. I'm antsy. I want to go to the garden every day and have something more to do than watering. I was digging up the roots and grass outside our garden this weekend. I spent about two hours alone on my knees clearing the area to make it ready for some bee attracting flowers, and I experienced the most amazing calm and peace, but was disappointed when I was done. Now there's nothing left to do but water and wait. Maybe I'll go weed somebody else's garden just for the pleasure of alone time on my knees in the soil.