Finally another warm and sunny day.  I was able to get out in the garden and keep up the prep for hopeful future plantings.  Mostly, I was just getting rid of grass that had taken up in the beds.  Also, I felt the need to prune off the dead parts of my Rosemary and Thyme bushes.

Pleasantly surprised to see the return of Parsley, Sage, Chives and one of my mints.  I can't tell which of the mints it is.  It apparently burrowed underground during the winter, put down huge sprawling roots and is now popping up all over the bed.  It smells vaguley of liquorish.  Which I dislike, and do not understand.  Last year I had 4 mints, Citrus Mint, Chocolate Mint, Blackberry Mint and just Mint Vulgaris.  I'm guessing this is the Chocolate Mint, because it's got dark purple tinged leaves and they're verry round and smooth.  Hopefully as it turns into a full fledged plant it won't smell like liquorish anymore.  Bletch!

My April Fools Day Sale went well enough that I was able to buy a weeks worth of groceries, but not well enough to pay any bills.  Definitely no where near enough to buy plants for my garden.  The good news is, being so far north, I've got a good month before I should start stressing about planting. 

So far, I know I need to get new oregano, not-??-mint, lavender (very popular in my Magic Vial Pendants), and basil.  I believe that should take care of my herbal needs.  I'm still hoping that  by letting all my tomato plants rot into the ground for most of the winter that I'll get volunteer tomatoes.  I had some last year, so hopefully I'll get some this year.  That'd be great if I didn't have to re-buy a whole new crop of tomato plants.  I also HAVE to get eggplant.  I LIVED off eggplant last summer, it was fabulous!  I'm not going to even attempt cucumber again this year, my yard's just not right for it.  I probably shouldn't try squash either, but I do love squash, and mine might have been OK last year if it weren't for the powdery mildew. 

Well, I've got very limited space, and there's no point obsessing about it right now, because I couldn't even afford one of each right now!

Urg.  I keep thinking "this has got to change, this has got to turn around, this has got to get better!" but it gets so discouraging saying that for almost 3 months now.  Well, tomorrow's Monday, and I can start all over again, calling around looking for some kind of work.  Repeat after me.  "I will not sell myself to the foot fetishists on Craigslist.org"  Keep saying that.