7:30 in the morning and I've already been out playing in the garden. It's nice and quiet, since the husband and the son are still in bed. So far today, I've cut rhubarb and got it cleaned and into the freezer. My big old rhubarb plant is getting old and not producing the way it used to, so I'm glad I've got 4 new ones planted in a raised bed now. Of course, part of the problem could be that this is the first year I've used raised beds instead of tilling up a whole garden (the old rhubarb is on the back edge of the garden) so weeds and grasses are trying to choke it out. Also, without the clue of the garden, my husband mowed a bit too close to it earlier this spring. I've also picked my salad for tonight's dinner. I have mesclun mix planted in an old wooden half barrel near my decks. It's doing quite well, well enough that I think I'll have to pick some of it daily. No worries there, if we don't eat it all each day, it can go into my dehydrator and become veggie powder to be added to meatloaf and/or soups and such. I also got my first picking of oregano today. It's been wash, bound together with a rubber band and hung to air dry in my garage. I have way more oregano than I'll probably ever use coming on. I'll probably make a paste with some (olive oil, salt and oregano). It's great on steaks, but who can afford steak these days. Some of the oregano will be frozen, some will be dried (even though I haven't finished LAST years dried oregano) and some will be turned into fine smelling tinder for fires. Yes, I do have that much of it.