February-ness

I'm almost 100% positive that nothing good ever happened in February. The days are generally bleak and the ground smells rotten. You're all stir crazy—ready for something new but you don't know what. Fuck, I mean February—what's this month even FOR??!!

I guess it's a month for planning, and for planting seeds. Figurative seeds—but literal ones, too. Which is what I did a bit of this weekend. The planning and planting of the following: lettuce (spring mix), herbs (cilantro, dill, basil, arugula), kale, tomatoes (yellow pear, red cherry, red beefsteak heirloom), pattypan yellow squash, sugar snap peas, and cucumbers.

As I've said elsewhere, I’m interested in getting to the beginning of things. How much closer to the beginning of food (which is the stuff of life, yes?) can you get than this?