Digging in the Dirt

M's folks were in town this weekend for the Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares concert. During their visit we watched a film titled The Dirt on Farmer Brown. It was very good and inspired us to start that little vegetable garden we've been talking about. Here are some pictures:

We planted tomatoes, green peppers, carrots, lettuce, radishes, chives, pineapple sage, citronella, mint, catnip, parsley and basil. However, there are known foxes, raccoons, chipmunks and cats in the area; we will return to Stein's to build a small enclosure to protect the wee succulents.

We also planted some flowers in the planter box and a strawberry plant in the clay container. It was good to dig up the old "renter's plot" and put some good soil, manure and plant food in there. We're also on the lookout for a small, tumbler-style composter. Seems like we visited about 4-5 places yesterday and everyone looked at us strange when we mentioned it. I hope that doesn't mean no one is composting!