the seeds have been ordered

procrastination rears it's ugly head. i have just now ordered my seeds for the garden. now remember that i only have a small small area in which to the garden. the neighborhood rules prohibit me from tilling up the entire front and side yards into one gigantic veggie patch, so i am stuck with the already outlined flower beds in the front and sides of the house. the back yard totally belongs to the dogs, cause let's face it, they deserve it. i'm not even supposed to be growing veggies on the front and sides of the house at all, but until they finish this crap of a subdivision to where my house would stand a rats ass on the market, they can suck it. no one complained last year about the lettuce, and on the planned tomatoes and peas side, the neighbors are european and could probably care less what i grow. so the plan is to grow lettuce, spinach, chard, leeks and some herbs on the side that gets morning sun, tomatoes, basil, and peas on the side that gets afternoon sun, while more herbs are gong into the flower beds in the front along with some various things in pots through out. i am heading to the garden store on my half day to pick up some organic mushroom compost to work into the soil a bit and i'm still deciding on the whole lime thing. i need to clear out all the mulch i laid down and find some straw for later, cause i think the whole newspaper mulch route just might be ugly enough to get me in trouble. i don't have a good area to start the tomato seedlings inside, so the plan is to start a few in some egg cartons and various small pots and put them outside during the warmth of the day and bring them in at night. if that doesn't work i'll plant the seeds directly in the ground after the frost and hope for the best. keep your fingers crossed and here is a list of the seeds that i order from seeds savers exchange......

october beans (dried and for eating not planting)
christmas lima (for eating)
asparagus pea (which is neither asparagus or a pea)
green arrow (bush pea)
tomatoes: beam's yellow pear, cherry roma, hillbilly potato leaf, martino's roma
monnopa (spinach)
long island improved (brussel sprout)
slobolt (lettuce)
grandpa admire (lettuce)
five color silver beet (chard)
herbs: globe basil, chives, greek oregano, giant parsley.

since i don't have any pictures of the seeds, this would be a good time to show you the wonderful gift that was sent to me by val over at the illustrated garden. last november she hosted a garden book give away, AND I WON!!!! so here is are some pictures of the loot.....

love it!!
i'm loving my cute little clay kitten ornament.

don't worry puppy... we'll get the garden going.

inside cover of the HANDMADE journal.

val even filled in the first page.
look at that!!!!
all other entries will pale in comparison.

although i had planned on getting a good start to putting down some mushroom compost in the garden this week, all i really managed to get done is bury my kitchen scraps.

weeks worth of kitchen scraps going back to where they started.

the dirt!!!!
the dirt on the side for the tomatoes is in seriously sad shape.

in goes the veggies!!!!!!

covered up.
sleep tight and let the earthworms bite.

ok, what post would really be complete without a picture of maisy??
aaaahhhh..... a dog's life.

and who doesn't love a fat baby.
mr. colby man on his first birthday.