I should be finishing up my thesis, but it’s been hella-nice outside. The rock & roll kids are playing kick ball down the street; I’ve been reading on the patio and gardening all afternoon. Friends have been having barbeques left and right; it really feels like summer now.

Andrea from CSA gave me some great tips on gardening and info on what plants grow well here. So far, my roommates and I have seedlings for bell, habanero (Word doesn’t know this pepper exists, evidently), and jalapeno peppers, eggplant (which I think is gross), three kinds of tomatoes, asparagus, onions, parsley, basil, and cilantro. My roommate has planted seeds for chamomile, Echinacea, spinach, and green beans and I’ve planted sweet corn. The last average “frost date” around Flagstaff is June 15, so as of right now, most of our plants are in buckets or pots so we can move them inside if we anticipate a frost. Once the seeds have grown and begin to look like they can handle a life outside of our proverbial teats, we’ll put’em in the ground.

Even though I haven’t been able to help lately because of the back injury, The Noise has a few plots in the Southside Community Garden as a summer project. It’s kinda Natasha’s writing project (in fact, I think she’s there right now), but I plan on stopping by soon to see what they’ve done with out me, and figure out the best way I can contribute. I plan on contributing some of the plants that will grow from the seeds I’ve just planted at home.

I have to say, after months and months of reading, writing, and staring at a computer, it feels really good to play in the dirt. My thesis will be done by Friday if it kills me.

My next post, which I’ve been working on, will be an anti-automobile manifesto. I might turn it into my column for the July edition if I don’t explore some other ideas popping around in my head. As for now, I’m going to go play outside some more.

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