Summer delights

Bouquet

The problem with having a garden blog is that the height of the season is so busy that there's hardly time to blog!

I can't blame it all on the garden, though. It's doing fine with little maintenance other than a bit of watering and the occasional tucking of tomato branches and squash vines into their supports. I'm still harvesting rhubarb and sorrel, with fennel and squash close behind and the first cherry tomatoes on the brink of ripening. At the same time, the cutting beds have been supplying me with enough flowers to scatter small bouquets all over the house. It's a lovely time of the year.

Wish I had time to write more, but alas, housework beckons. To catch up on the latest garden going-ons, check my Flickr page, which I do update regularly. Freshly posted: basils, savoy cabbage, 'Supersweet 100' tomatoes, and dirty-joke inducing 'Tromboncino' squash.

Upgrade time

Wintersown larkspur seedling

Remember all those wintersown containers that I started back in January and revisited in March? Well, I finally got around to transplanting them into larger containers this past week. They're so much happier now, and they're already starting to take advantage of the extra root space. I can't wait to plant them out in the garden.

The wintersown plants weren't the only ones to receive an upgrade. Some petunias that were outgrowing their plug trays have been moved to 4" pots, along with about 10 extra parsley seedlings (I have a feeling I'll be giving away parsley this year, along with the extra cabbage starts). My second batch of tomato seedlings were upgraded to quart-sized yogurt containers, and actualy looks as if they might catch up to their older siblings being hardened off outside.

I neglected to mention that the majority of my vegetable seedlings are out in the garden now, with only the truly tender summer plants (tomatoes, peppers, and squash) still being hardened off or sheltered indoors. For some reason, it just hasn't sunk in that tomorrow is our "safe date" for planting-- even those crops will have to be planted out this week.

Where does the time go?