"I'm a Farmer, see the dirt under these nails?"

Luckily,  the Spring of 2012 was a real Spring here in our little neck of the woods, and we were excited with the prospect of growing and using our own vegetables.   Last year's garden was a experiment with no-till farming with containers along side in case the conditions became less favorable.  At first the land did better, then the containers, then the land.
This year, 2013, the year of the snake, we will try to utilize what the Good Earth has provided with a wee bit of green manure, compost, sand where needed for the clay and perhaps hedge against the bugs with a few containers.   

We have propagating, green chiles, spinach, chard, lemongrass, lavender, melon, tomatoes, tomatillos.
We have spouted green onions, spinach, chard, spaghetti squash, zucchini squash and romaine; they will go into the ground in a few days or weeks depending... if the rain will stop and allow a drying to the farming areas.
Left over from our fall garden planted prior to Thanksgiving is a few cabbages left, one cauliflower, and various kale and broccoli's that have begun to flower.

Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were prep days or sore days as my body would call them.
Soil worked WAY more than last year, compost added along with green manure and bit of brown from  the horse on the property  "Lil' Man.   He got carrots yesterday and a good head scratching.   Compost tea is sprayed daily to enrich the dirt with beneficial nematodes.

Look's like with the hard work, playing in the dirt, coupled with a little good luck with the bugs both consequentially and inconsequentially and we will be putting some great tasting organically grown food once again on our table.

Remember that Dirt under Susan's nails?
I'd like to think that dirt fosters the nutritious eats and all that the good health of harvest entails.