We worked outside a bit today.
P planted the mystery tomato (nova?) next to the spa pad as an experiment. (will it thrive because of the held heat?)
I bought a jalapeno pepper that I hope we can use in salsa.
Yellow squash spotted!
okra flower!
I also trimmed back the blackberry and cat mint, fed the tomatoes, watered the grass and clover seeds and weeded.
I got some microclover from Portland, and mixed it into a couple of “bare” patches.
Scapes and progress.
I’ve been waiting to plant the tomatoes and peppers because the nights have still been cool- but today was the day. They were looking a little sad in the greenhouse because of humidity and heat.
South b- healthy, healthy, mystery (healthy or hot?), waltz (paprika), hot <those last two might be switched |:
South c- healthy
West e – two nova tomatoes
Scapes are coming!
Bees are happy
I weeded my butt off, and put together the new storage bench (and sealed it)
planted a sungold (left) and nova (right) in south a. I feel like it’s a little early, so I’ll hold off a week before I plant the other two. The cages look so optimistically huge.
Replanted some peas.
Weeded and planted lupines, allysum, marigolds, and nasturtium willy nilly in lower bed.
Churned and planted grass seed and those flowers in the new dirt below the raspberries. Pulled out stones to help with erosion elsewhere.
Repotted a couple more tomatoes and peppers and moved them outside.
It’s spruce tip time so p came out and harvested them
I pulled out kale to thin west c, and almost bolted radishes.
Progress!
Today I transplanted some okra out to west D with the runner beans. I also planted some more seeds in there.
We pulled a bunch of radishes, kale, and arygula, but you could never tell. First squash blooms, snake in the arygula.
The robins, I transplanted the tomatoes and peppers and moved most of them (and the okra) to the green house.
I planted a little bit of spinach in with the arygula
Seeded the new soil and part of the cur down blackberry
And basically moved furniture around and put things away. It’s not done, but it feels better, and took all damn day.
The screen worked to hold the robins off the peas, to an extent. I have a handful of peas and beans starting. Yesterday I found these handy baskets on clearance at Fred Meyer, so I’m trying them out.
There were some bugs hiding under the protection of the screen… So that’s not great.
I also replanted the beans and peas, and added fresh seeds next to my squash starts. (we put drippers out on Sunday.)
The soil looks summer dry. /:
This looks like a handy planting calendar. (from https://www.ufseeds.com/learning/planting-schedules/washington-vegetable-planting-calendar/)
| City | Last Frost Date | First Frost Date |
| Bellevue | 4/6 | 10/26 |
| Everett | 2/25 | 11/27 |
| Federal Way | 4/4 | 11/5 |
| Kent | 3/10 | 11/16 |
| Renton | 4/6 | 10/26 |
| Seattle | 4/20 | 10/17 |
| Spokane | 5/13 | 10/5 |
| Tacoma | 4/21 | 10/19 |
| Vancouver | 4/24 | 10/13 |
| Yakima | 5/10 | 9/26 |
While P built a structure for the raspberry bed, I weeded the brass buttons, plum tree, and put down grass seed (no mow fescue) in the recently “cleared” blackberry field.
Planted green beans, yellow beans, and runner beans today (south c, west d) and bonus chard in west c.
