The seasons are starting to change and we’re starting to think about cherry blossoms and new students. April brings with it some very different weather, more time outdoors, and unfortunately for some people, hay fever. Luckily Kuniko and I seem to have avoided it so far, and hopefully we can keep that streak going.
This weekend we’ll have two days off together, for the first time in a long time. I’m not sure exactly what we’ll be doing, but if the weather complies we’ll probably do some gardening outdoors. Last year I kind of let things run their course outside and this year I want to get things in shape. A few weeks ago I cleaned out the old crap laying around outside our house and pulled out a couple of uninteresting and unproductive plants that weren’t really doing anything for us. I also cut back the monster bush of rosemary that was getting ready to knock on our door and move in.
We’ll be planting herbs (cilantro, thyme, dill, oregano, mint) and hopefully some of those will be able to stick around for a few years. The cilantro is a one season only project, but we certainly eat enough of it that it would pay off to grow it ourselves. This will be a learning experience and I don’t expect that everything will make it, but if even half of the herbs survive I’ll be happy. Hopefully we can turn our black thumbs green this year.
