planting

Taking advantage of a sunny day, which is supposed to be followed by three of rain. Transplanted a lot of stuff into the garden soil, and others sowed seed. The Green Beans

and Cilantro I planted (in a border around the patch that will have cucumbers) were both from my saved seed off last year's plants.

I also stuck a few soaked Peas into gaps on the row of pea plants.

My Heirloom tomatoes were pretty small,

not nearly as large as the volunteers, so I saved quite a few of those.

The Cherry Tomatoes (grown from last year's seed packet) are better-looking seedlings than the H.

I noticed I didn't get any volunteer tomatoes from where cherry ones grew last year, only from where the heirlooms grew. The cherry spot got turned over, the heirloom plot was undisturbed. I wonder if not digging up the soil allowed those seeds that fell to germinate better? To remember which are which, I've put the old, makeshift tomato cages around the volunteers, and my new-bought galvanized cages around the ones grown from seed.

Of all the Bell Pepper plants, I put four of the biggest from the fruit we ate into the soil (in the back)

and the best five of the ones grown from bought seed.

All the little Basils got planted out, set in small groups around the tomatoes.

They're so small, but don't even droop when moved.

Now almost everything is planted; all I have left to do is put in flowers. Today I dug a furrow all around the garden beds (except where the garlics are) and put in Marigold seed. Still have to put in the sunflowers and nasturtiums. And that's it! (until fall crops, which should be started in summer).

At the end of all my work today dug up the wintered Carrots from the cucumber/cilantro plot. I love all the ferny foliage. The roots were thick, stumpy

and quite hairy!

But they have a wonderful, carroty earthy smell. I'm chilling them in the fridge to eat later together.