Last fall, my sweet honey-bunny built a raised garden for me in a couple of horse troughs. I say, “built” but really she asked our friend Gene to do it and that worked out really well. I’m very pleased with my present. This year, my mother gave me a gift certificate to Seeds of Change for my birthday to assist in completing the process. Not that a garden is ever complete.

Today, my sweet honey-bunny went to work for me and I had a chance to spend some time online at the Seeds of Change website sorting through and picking out all sorts of seeds. Here’s my list:

Herbs: Sweet Genovese Basil, Slow-Bolt Cilantro, Forest Green Parsley, English Thyme

Vegetables: Early Russian Cucumber, Jalapeno Chili Pepper, Cocozelle Bush Zucchini, Peacevine Cherry Tomato, Stupice Tomato, Bountiful Stringless Snap Bush Bean, America Spinach, Nutri-Bud Broccoli, and the Lettuce Heaven Seed Collection

I love this time of gardening. I’m addicted to planning since nothing can go wrong until I start putting seeds into the earth. I make drawings (sad, sad drawings) of how much space each thing will take and dream about the neighbors driving by and pointing at the beauty of my garden. The truth? The neighbors will drive by, pointing at the bare spaces and the inevitable dead plant.

I haven’t gardened in years at this point. The last time I really had a garden was back in 1998 (Yes! The Last Century!) and I look forward to finding my gardening voice again.