I got an early (for me) start and picked up more starts at Squak this morning. The weather is just cool enough to make working in the yard pleasant. (:
Added a Sun Gold plant to west D. I removed the ailing Nova and the red robin from the bed (since it will never get big), and also planted a thriving Nova in West C.
The beets next to it over wintered and are bolting now. I’m going to leave them to it (:
I messed around with the ailing Nova so much that I felt bad, so I’m giving it one last chance to grow in the upper area. (I do this every year- go tomato crazy. Fortunately P doesn’t read this or he would know that my 5 planned tomato plants have turned into 8…)
The red robin I pulled out of the bed went in my last empty pot.
Planted a lipstick pepper and a hot pepper in upper B with 2 of my Perfects.
Planted a delicata next to the concrete pad in the upper area.
A couple of butter baby in the angelene next to the dead Apple tree.
More okra seeds with the starts in south d
more green bean seeds with the sprouts in South D (slug was tossed.) and more peas in West E.
Borage seeds went in a couple of bare spaces on the slope, and under the purple rhody
Found a mystery squash starting on the slope- likely from a last year’s seed.
Things are looking pretty good- and the bees have finally arrived ( I was worried!)
The hummers are making a racket, and yesterday P rescued a fledgling Robin from the driveway. (it’s parents were not impressed.)
I have been doing soooo much weeding, but it never seems to make an impact. We just lost our maintenance crew, so I’ll have to find another that understands what weeds are ok, or pick up the pace myself (but… Kittens! Letterpress! Art! Studio Time! Sleep!)
cut back the artichoke to give space to lavender and blueberries beside it.
I can’t wait to eat everything!
the green beans are growing!
