Week.... Something or another

You won't believe it! This is my garden:

Yes: my garden. Well, our garden. Mine and Nandi. 

I want to tell you that this is the reason I haven't blogged for so long. I want to tell you that this is what grew from a few measly seeds and some compost. I want to tell you about how successful our square meter gardening project has been. I want to. But I can't. 

Square meter garden "version one" was a complete disaster. The extra soil we harvested from the bottom of the yard, or the compost we bought from the store, one of the two, was infested with fly larvae. Hundreds of them. They hatched and we were infested. Completely. It was like a scene from a horror movie. And really really gross. They ate all the newly growing roots from our seeds and the garden was no more. 

When I eventually dug up the soil there was no trace of any life except hundreds of fly larvae cocoons. Eeeeeeeeeeeeew! 

We started again. From scratch. This time. I went to see some proper farmers at a proper farmers market and got some proper compost made from proper cow poop. And then... I cheated. I bought seedlings: spinach, cabbage, onion and lettuce. It's all they had but I was determined to give this a try.

And just look at it:

A little garden all of our own. We have watered it religiously. It's no less a commitment than a cat or a dog. We went away for a few days last week and the whole time I was checking the weather channel to make sure my babies were getting rained on, or else I would have called in a friend to "spinach sit". This is a stressful deal! But infinitely rewarding. At least I hope it will be. Tonight we try our first salad from our garden. I can't wait,