It's been so long I've forgotten how to blog

Our little tree fren...

 

Yesterday's glorious and warmish sunny day was, naturally, supplanted by a bunch of clouds and a temperature that dropped like a box of hammers. Cold temps are expected through this week, but things start looking up after that. This, combined with what we hope will the culmination of Fencessaga, means that I didn't do much about putting things into the ground this week, but have higher hopes for next. 

I moved some things around, though, and put some things in pots, mostly because I have that potting bench, and I am damn well gonna use it. 

Potting bench, in use

Everything got a good watering - just because it's been cold doesn't mean it has also been wet - and then I planted some flowers (mostly). I put some alternanthea purple prince in with the lavender, to kind of fill that basin out a bit more and also honour one of the greatest musicians to ever live. I also put two types of nasturtiums (one seed only, though. Lesson learned!) into pots to start - "Carribian Cocktail" and "Black Velvet" - to add a bit more colours-other-than-yellow-or-orange to things. Also, some violets that threaten to be multi-hued. All three of these are edible, too, so hopefully they'll make some salads pretty, or something. If the violets really take off, I may candy some of them, just for fun.

I've put one of the winter squash seeds in to start, as well. It will be deposited into a crate when there's a chupacabra deterrent on top. I also had to re-start the courgette - the stem got a bit of a kink in it, so it perished. Oh! And I threw some lettuce seeds into a thing, too.

The clouds burned off, eventually, so everything has been in the blazing sun all afternoon. Hopefully it's the jump-start they all need.

Next weekend, one hopes, will be a bit more exciting - I have plans for peas and beans, and to move the worthy tomatoes into slightly larger pots. And maybe figure out WTH I have in the growbars that are continuing to not die. I hope a couple of them, at least, are sunflowers.

While I was out there, a very fuzzy bee hovered right at my eye level for a moment or two, as if to admonish me for not having flowers on any of the plants. Next year I will do better.