After a few days of beautiful weather, we awoke this morning to a nice drizzle. Hey, not every day can be a gardeners' dream! But I am happy for the rain--even though we thoroughly soaked parts of the lawn and flower beds yesterday evening. As this upcoming weekend is going to be hot, hot, hot, the flowers and vegetables need all the moisture they can get.
Yesterday I tied up the clematis on the front trellis with some twine. The trellis has rails that are a *bit* too far apart for this flower, and even though my training of the vines has worked so far, when a stiff breeze comes the plant caves in. Hopefully the tying back of the heavier stalks will ensure its survival through the summer. It is already larger than it was last year, and the one on the front lamppost has no where else to climb. I'm looking forward to it's blooming.
In the vegetable patch, one of the early tomato plants has yellow flowers on it. We bought two early bearers and two regular ones so that we can enjoy tomatoes through the summer. The lettuce continues to look (and taste!) good, and I've been pulling leaves off the romaine for a few weeks now. The summer squashes are ready to go into the garden I think. They have been hanging out with the cats in the sun on the porch during the day, and I am happy to report that no nibbles have been taken from the leaves. The spinach is growing nicely, although a few rows were dug up by some animals. But this will leave room for watermelon and pumpkins to go in, I guess!
We finally finished prepping the soil for the cutting garden yesterday. After days of pulling roots and rocks--so many rocks--we raked and hoed it into a nice base and added a large bag of topsoil to it. This weekend the seedlings (sunflowers, morning glories, and snapdragons) will go in, and the rest of the seeds will be sowed outdoors. The area has completely changed from the overgrown jungle it was last year!
Scrubbing the dirt off now...
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