Later this year we will move into a different apartment. A bigger one. One with a garden. I am looking forward to this garden for a host of reasons. One of them is the price of berries at the grocer’s. Another is the time I can spend outside without having to pack all kinds of stuff before heading outside. On the other hand I am worried that the garden will be too big and take up too much time. I worry that we’ll spend lots of money and time on it, only to have things turn to mush, shrivel, or turn out to be too difficult for us.

My plant list inlcudes:

• strawberries, blueberries, gooseberries, blackberries, raspberries, currants
• a chamomile lawn
• lavender, thyme, rosemary
• some fruit trees (cherries, pears, plums, apples — preference in that order)
• maybe a hardy kiwi
• different kinds of mint
• beans and peas
• zucchini and eggplant
• dahlia yams, now that I know they are edible

I’ve borrowed several books from the local library. We’ll see how it goes.