From brown to green, one leaf at a time

So it's amazing what a difference two months makes.  This is what the veggie garden looked like on May 15th, just days after dad and I tilled the soil with his ancient but oh so handy red ractor.  Not a whole lot to look at.  I'd been panicking up to that point that the garden wouldn't get done at all this year because the famous volcanic ash that descended upon Europe mid-April caused our flight back from Florida to get cancelled, which lead us to take a two-week cruise (can you see me on a boat for two whole weeks? me, the Goddess of the EARTH for god's sakes?) Anyway, I digress...

And two months later, this is what the same patch of land looks like.

I love how with gardening you get to a point when you just have to get out of the way and let the plants do their thing!