osprey94's Blog

More beautiful weather here. Enough to make me moan with pleasure when I walk out into the golden warmth at the end of the workday. 

A list of things...

1. The beans, cucumbers and squash finally popped up.

2. The zinnias are blooming. Pink and green.

3. Some of the nasturtiums I planted last weekend are popping up in the deck bed.

4. There are MILLIONS of little lady's mantles popping up all around the established ones in the deck bed. Man do they reseed easily!

5. Nasturtium, borage and tomatoes reseeded pretty well too from last season.

6. I got my pressure canner and coil cartridge for the stove and have it all ready to go for canning time.

7. Heard the robins SCREAMING out front near the nest we found in the doug firs. Found a fledgling hopping around and two adults DIVEBOMBING the hell out of it. I put him/her back in the tree to perch on a branch, but I don't know what happened to him/her. Hopefully, she's being cared for.

8. The basil in the ground is looking TERRIBLE. I should probably give up trying to grow them anywhere but in the greenhouse. Although, the basil in the containers looks good. Weird.

9. Gotta buy some row cover cloth to keep the bugs from eating my lettuce.

10. Mustard greens bolt almost instantly.

11. I don't really need millions of arugula plants. Just a few. But I do need TONS of tender lettuce for salads. Gotta plan better next year.

12. The cat mint has taken over in the deck bed. I might divide them and move some to the beds in the front.

13. The yarrow has bloomed and it is FIRE red.

14. The deer have re-established their coral bells and lady's mantle habit. They've munched them into flat-top shapes. That's okay, as long as they leave some for me.

15. There are already some tiny tomatoes on the deck plant.

16. Thirteen more wake-ups left until SUMMMMMEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!