Gardeners Are Delusional/Optimistic

It feels like we've left planting bedding plants til kind of late this year, but we did finally get out and plant some things--jalapenos, bell peppers, tomatoes, cilantro, and marigolds--yesterday. We had, maybe a month ago, tossed some seeds--radishes, carrots, bok choi, lettuce mix, beets, beans--around and most of them sprouted. We also have a ton of little volunteer seedlings--mostly arugula because we let it go to seed at the end of the season, but also lettuces and sunflowers. As far as what we've eaten: We already harvested some arugula to use as microgreens (since most of it will have to come up as we continue to plant). We also chopped up some chives from our crazy chive plant (it's huge and blooms ever year) to add to some tofu fritters. After last year's fiasco with the compost, the garden seems to be bouncing back. We're just going to go with it and hope for the best. For me, personally, already the best part of gardening has been the great number of ladybug larvae I've seen crawling around the place. I love those things! Almost all insect life thrills me, even the stuff that is annoying or unpleasant to deal with like the black widow spiders. They of course will have to go along with the ants that have taken up residence on the patio. The other spiders can stay along with the praying mantis babies that are coming. (Death to all mosquitoes and roaches!)