Garden ready

 Wes Groff rototilled my garden . The fee was $45. I tipped him $5. Freedom begins at the end of a hoe. Your freedom ends at the end of mine. What is this power discourse?

A garden gives all the freedom I want.

tulips search for something

A bit late this spring, but when they had the nerve to open they were as resplendent as ever--the tulips by the pump.  Yesterday Groff rototilled the garden, so no more pretending the earth is sleeping.

seeds and speeds

I'm not late. My blog server failed. Here's the end of April stuff.

While a small island country watched a prince get married, my brother turned 75 and invited me to have lunch with this group. Easter gathered the larger family together at my sister's retirement community dining hall. She treated. Thanks, Evie. And I did the annual rototilling of the garden.

supper note

Being off-property playing gentleman farmer, I couldn't make supper as I usually do Monday through Thursday. But I could prep it most of the way. The table setting and vase, the salad, the yogurt and berries, the left-over maple syrup carrots--all good to go. The frying pan with diced potatoes and the marinating chicken in the frig need an explanation. A little media mixing and here's what I jotted as I ran out the door. Dorcas understood.

garden prep

I rototilled the garden and the squash triangle across the road yesterday evening at 5:00. As usual, I rented Groffie's tractor, which this year turned out to be a new one. Kubota was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1890. Revenues in 2008 were 12.6 billion.

prep garden

Day before Easter I used Groffie's rototiller to work up the garden. This year with uncertain economics, we're using a small portion of the lot across the road, too. Joel photo.

what I do--Monday

Let go of that stress. Borrow the neighbor's rototiller and do the garden. Call my son. He bikes by and we have an ancestral-agricultural moment. Photo by Joel.