Spring Waxing Bee Hiving Moon
The outside gardening season has begun. Kate and I worked in the vegetable garden together this morning. She (I’m in destructo mode) cleaned out beds, cut down raspberry canes, weeded and pruned. I worked more composted manure into the beds, then planted American Spinach, Golden Beets and Lettuce. I also prepared beds for the leeks and the potatoes. 
The leeks will go in the next week, already begun inside, and the potatoes will go out a bit after they arrive, probably late week after next. The garlic, strawberries, rhubarb, asparagus, raspberries and a few stray onions have a jump on the season, as do a couple of perennial herbs. When they come, I’ll drop in the carrots and beans and peas. Feels good to have the outdoor garden started.
I plan to be more conscientious about planting successive crops of beets, lettuce, spinach, kale and chard, so we can harvest, preserve and eat those throughout the year. We’ll also pay more attention to the harvesting of beans, peas and asparagus especially.
Mark went to bed around 6:00 pm last night and is still asleep. No wonder since it’s midnight in Bangkok right now. He’s had a tough last six months, but I can see he will get past it.
