Haven't been in the Garden yet, but...

Morning temp: 52F
Afternoon high: 84F
Tonight's projected low: 50F
Humidity: 28%
Wind: N at 0 mph
Overall: definitely much warmer, hot in the sun even

This Afternoon, as of 4:00pm.

1. Well, it's been a day of a million chores, including Bread making, replacing a broken sliding glass window, & taking one of our cars to a body repair shop - J's tractor rolled off of a retaining wall and hit the front right corner : ( So, I'm yet to get out to the Garden. M, though, went out earlier to mulch the Pole Bean Bed & cut Lettuce and other Greens for dinner salads. Here are two shots of the Winter Lettuce up close, and then one of entire Winter Lettuce Bed and brick walkway.





2. Our Garden tools washed and coated with oil.





3. Our Potato Bed that M mulched with straw.





4. Our Pole Bean Bed that M mulched with straw. The Pole Bean Tipee is made of 50" fencing pieces.




5. We're off to water the Garden, weed perhaps a little bit, take some photos, and play! : )


This Evening, as of 7:30pm.

1. We've finished hand-watering the few Beds that remain without soaker hoses and mulching. At most, we string two soaker hoses together - more than that and the pressure really drops and thus little watering gets done. So, we'll be returning to the Garden several times to switch the hose to different hook-ups.

2. Helen, of course, always comes with. Here's our girl unhappily waiting behind the fence.




2. Her spirits improve once we head back toward the house.





2. Basil that M grew from seed. Because the Herb Beds were only single-dug and not supplemented with much in the way of compost (we were out at the time), I'm giving them worm-tea several times a week and lots of water. They seem to be responding.



3. M's Beets are likewise doing well. Two nights past, she pulled up a handful of baby Beets, mixed them with a garlic, parsely, oregano and served them with whole-wheat pasta in olive oil.



4. The Summer and Panty Pan Squash are also flowering!



5. We've got the South side of the fence built. Yayyyy!

Southern face.


Eastern Post Wall.


Northern Post Wall .


Western Post Wall.


6. Helen crashed out after a long day.