growing dirt

I just like to document this - May 19th!  there are actually some things growing, despite the fact that it looks like a dirt patch: lettuce, chard, lacinato kale, radishes, garlic, spinach, cilantro, green onions, basil, thyme, rosemary, oregano, parsnips, zucchini hopefully golden beets (they germinated, but then kind of disappeared) and now peppers and tomatoes.  I also have planted: delicata squash, spaghetti squash, pole beans, broccoli rabe, corn (both red and yellow), and cucumbers.

kiiro neko

on May 5th, our neighbor came over with a little yellow cat, wondering if it was ours because he was friendly.  He wasn't, but again, what could we do?  Say "move on down the road little cat!" - no way!  we took him to the vet to make sure he was healthy and get his shots, and kept him in the garage until the vet said he was cleared to be around other cats.  In that amount of time we realized that he wasn't so good about using the litter box.  We wondered if that's what got him dumped in the first place.  He's very sweet, but....  I've never had trouble getting a cat to use a box.  So we're debating whether he can be a house cat.  For now, we've been letting him just be an outside cat - he seems to come to the house to eat and he'll usually sleep on the glider on the porch, but then he wanders during the day.  I'm not sure how it'll work long term.  We put him in the garage last night to control his food because he went in for a neutering this morning.  We figured that regardless of whether or not he was "ours" he should be fixed.  We're also hoping that'll make him a bit less aggressive toward our other cats who go outside - last weekend he had ol' Borris stuck up a tree!  He doesn't look so happy here - it's post surgery!  i've always wanted a yellow cat - and he's a sweetie!  oh, we call him Neko, or Kiiro Neko, which means yellow cat in japanese.

oh, one other detail

It tasted AMAZING!!!! (sorry Carrie, how could I have not mentioned that?)   :)  We made the first egg sunny side up and split a piece of toast to ceremoniously dip in the yolk!  deeelicious!  today was the first day we got 4 eggs!  That's a record so far!

1st Egg Day!!

I feel like I've told everyone already!  but the ladies (well, one of them) laid their first egg yesterday!!  it may be the most photographed egg ever - 2 different cameras, an iPad, and a phone!  hahah!