Farmer McGregor ...

{Beatrix Potter}

... that's the new nickname I have given myself.  Did you hear gardening is up 30% this year?  I think that's so weird for a concept as old as "planting fruit & vegetables", but I'm one of those contributing to the rise [before I even knew it was "the in thing"].

A month ago I went and bought some things to start a garden:

• good organic soil

• strawberry, zucchini, chili pepper & tomato plants

• thyme, basil & rosemary plants

• some edging to try and keep critters out

I took my green self one step further and started composting:

• more edging to try and keep the critters out

• a beautiful, stainless steel compost pail from here.

[If you are under the impression I wanted to start composting JUST so I had an excuse to walk into Crate & Barrel, you are maybe 1/2 right.  That was super fun.  And it did help me feel a bit more glamorous about composting.  I won't lie.]

Even Davis has gotten into composting.  Yesterday when he finished his apple, I told him to put it in the compost.  He even asked if he could "turn the compost" for me.  True story: I found him spinning & rotating the shovel in the compost.  He asked if that was how to "turn the compost".]

Here's how much the garden has grown in just one month!

{Mid-April}

{Mid-May}

Hopefully the trip to Crate & Barrel isn't all I'll be rewarded with ... I'm hoping for some strawberries, peppers, tomatoes & zucchini all just steps away from my kitchen.

We'll just wait & see ... 

{Farmer & Junior McGregor}