Here’s a weird encounter: I’d been wondering what happened to all the rabbits I used to see.  On my walk to Avdi’s, suddenly all these rabbits were jumping around and practically coming at me!  Like a herd of them.  Maybe they waited until Easter was over!  It was creepy, as wild rabbits tend to be.

Today, sort of by accident, I got to meet the former owner of Avdi’s property who was responsible for the beautiful landscape full of natives, perennials, and trees.  He had inquired on the swap group after the availability of free elderberry trees and solomon’s seal, and then realized it was his old property and plantings! I always feel like I’m the lowly caretaker of the brilliant garden he and his wife designed and installed, and now I finally got to show him around, talk shop, ask all my questions, and appreciate what they created.  He was as excited as I was to see how everything was being taken care of and preserved and thriving, not destroyed.  We talked plants and explored for a long time, and he got to dig up specimens for his current garden.  It was like full circle.

Then I got a lot done in the garden.  I planted the tomato plants in the veg garden and the basils in the herb garden.  I brought out some more seedlings to harden off.  I hoed and raked the raised beds for future melons and squashes.  I cleaned up the front entrance garden and direct-sowed an assortment of flowers.  Mostly I just soaked up the sun and surroundings.