Today was such a beautiful day that I finally got around to planting my lettuce. I am now the proud owner of two long window boxes full of romaine and red leaf lettuces. The starts have been sitting around in their little boxes for two weeks now and it almost seemed like they were very happy to stretch their feet (er, roots) in their new habitat.

I also commandeered one of my mother's large pots and planted an heirloom brandywine tomato plant that I bought at the organic food store today. I don't know if the chickens will bother a tomato plant or not, but I really didn't feel like tempting them by putting it into the ground. The older hens are trained not to go up on the front deck though they pretty much have free range of the rest of the property and the half grown chicks and the not so little ducks can't fly well enough to get out of their very large fenced area so they won't be going up there either.

I may end up transplanting the tomato plant again when it gets bigger. They don't tend to pick on plants that are bigger than themselves. I'd like to do some cucumbers, green beans, broccoli and kohlrabi this season, too, but I am not sure I have the stamina to weed that much ground. I haven't gardened in about 3 years and I still can't sit on my knees since the surgery. I could do cucumbers in a pot, I suppose and maybe some bush beans that way, too. Maybe I can talk DS into clearing some ground for me for some extra cash. He's willing to do extra work for a dollar an hour. LOL He's a real bargain.