T. has already begun to plant the seeds for this year's gardening endeavours. Strawberries and leak has just begun to show the first signs of life in their small pots and the potatoes might have more than "eyes" at this point in time.

T.'s birthday is not until this summer, but I decided to buy him two early birthday presents nonetheless, that are very much in line with the above theme. The Danish version of John Seymour's The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency has been at the back of his mind since it was mentioned by Frank Ladegaard Erichsen, a.k.a. Bonderøven, years ago. Today, T. also realised that The New Self-Sufficient Gardener might be another useful title, and, since he would need these books for his gardening plans this spring, I decided to buy them straight away. Let's hope they'll be as good an inspiration to him as they have been to Bonderøven.