eh

I don't have much to report. Friday I spread straw between rainstorms. Saturday it rained and I brought some plants for my friend's balcony garden. Today it got to nearly 95F, followed by severe storms.

I haven't been able to get in the garden for all of the wet. It looks like it might be nicer this afternoon, so I'll be able to check the status of the straw and fill the bird feeders.

I've got to replant the soy beans. They've completely skunked out. I haven't been terribly successful with the lettuce so far, so I may plant more carrot and lettuce seed.

That's about all.

Memorial Day is the standard date to start planting gardens here in Minnesota and farm fields are almost completely planted. I know a lot of farmers were able to plant in early April. I'm not sure if that means we're going to have early crops or bigger crops than normal.

The Pflaum's, the folks that I buy plants from at the Farmer's Market obviously got an early start because most of their seedlings were getting good and root bound last week.

I'm at a tipping point. I could buy a few more packs of plants and fill in the naked spots with a surer thing, or I can plant seeds, wait, and still hold my head high if there are bare spots.