Hey y’all—spring is finally starting to show itself here on the farm, and we took advantage of it with a good, family-in-the-dirt kind of day. In this video, we get our GreenStalk planter going (this one was gifted to us by our friend Renee) and I do what I’ve always wanted to do with one—plant it full of strawberries right by the back door. We cleaned up the plants, worked from the bottom up, and even went out to our dedicated strawberry bed to dig a few extras where they’d crept to the “wrong” side of the fence. We also had to face the sad truth that my big rosemary bush—one of the first perennial herbs we ever planted—kicked the bucket over winter. It happens. We pulled it and planted a fresh rosemary in a better spot, away from the fig tree, so it can have a happy new home. Then we got serious about onions: we planted intermediate-day onions that are actually meant for our area here in North Carolina, because I’m hoping for good, big bulbs that’ll cure and store better for things like chow chow and salsa. Before we wrapped up, we used up some older seeds and planted a strip of lettuce, two rows of spinach (raw spinach is my favorite), and a row of kale—because if it gets killed, we’ll just plant more.