When Craft Tool Hoarding meets Victory Gardening

Today, the weather is pure shite, but yesterday (and the day before) it wasn't, so there was puttering. The beans are now making an appearance, and giving it a very good go.

Beans at noon-thirty.

Same beans, 4:30 the same day. There's F-ing leaves happening, already, y'all.

Lots of other action, though, to be sure:

Tomatoes, radishes, lady's bedstraw, and weld (and thyme and basil) 

in their social distancing pots

The lettuces and rocket, which seem to have survived 

their Chupacabra experience

PEAS! OMG, PEAS!

It also pleases me to note that our strawberry is having a Yorkist moment - I hope it brings all the pollinators to the yard.

So! Exciting!

The potatoes and nasturtiums continue in their exuberance, with the bonus nasties I put along the planter walls making an appearance, now. The turnips also seem to be making an effort, which is lovely.

Meanwhile, as the title of this post indicates, I am now able to use my deep craft-tool bench to fabricate us some more things into which we may place plants. It will also help keep us from looking like absolute lushes to the bin men, while making us look well-travelled, erudite, and - dare I say it - classy to Courtyard visitors and overlooking neighbours. Sort of. I hope.

It's not hoarding if it turns out to be useful, nest-ce pas?

Into these vessels I have planted the first of the decorative, loved-by-butterfilies flowers. Purely utilitarian gardens are a bit boring, wouldn't you say? And we need pollinators. So, Decorative and Functional - the best combination.

We're actually starting to get wildlife in The Courtyard at La Palmerosa, and I want them to feel welcome. The rosemary's blooms have faded, so it's only thyme (and that one strawberry), now, making any visitation very exciting!

Happy Mothra's Day!

Ladybird, ladybird, stay right there and make yourself comfortable.

Oh! And we had another seed infusion! Some of these things are for later planting, so we can have things over winter and first thing next Spring, some of them are pure WTF-ery, but I'm excited about all of them:

• Lamb's Lettuce
• Good King Henry (a green of some sort - seemed interesting)
• Lemon Balm
• Borage
• Golden Beets
• Spring Greens (our new fave!)
• Carrots (that are carrot-shaped, instead of the adorable little Parisian bulbs I bought on a whim)
• Cavolo Nero
• Parsnips
• Winter Round Black Spanish Radishes Because Obviously

It's predicted to be a cold and dismal week, so we've brought a few things in to our Living Room Fireplace Surround and Greenhouse. Hopefully it doesn't get so cold as to wreck a bunch of stuff in the great out-of-doors.