Well, it did rain yesterday. All day. But it feels like it has been a dry spring so far. I cleaned out and planted the (formerly) raised veggie garden today and after I put in spinach, radish, arugula, cress, lettuce and carrot seeds, I watered it really well. There isn’t any rain in the forecast in the next ten days.

I may need to water the memory garden this week, as well, since much of it is under the Douglas fir and none of yesterday’s rain actually reached it.

This was a seed-heavy weekend. I planted a bunch of pots of seeds yesterday. The seeds included veggies destined for the veggie bed or pots in the greenhouse or on the patio including tomatoes, peppers, spinach, eggplants, zucchini, cucumbers, kale, and pumpkins. There were also flowers, including a second batch of Nicotiana langsdorfii, petunias, sunflowers (two types), and marigolds. Some of the seeds ended up on the heat mat under lights and the rest are sitting outside on the potting bench.

The other seeds I planted were morning glory vine seeds of a Mt. Fuji Lavender strain. I put these in a couple of pots alongside Leon’s “Pods” sculpture. This was brother Tim’s idea for a fun way to grow a vine. I did this several years ago, but the vines only made it half way up the sculpture. I’m hoping with an earlier start and some fertilizer, I can get these vines all the way up the sculpture.

Below are some photos from the garden today–lots of beauty and colors!