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patinagle16We're back to dry weather for a couple of days. More rain later in the week, maybe. I think the true monsoons haven't quite started yet.
Pumpkins have sprouted, and the peas have just finished. I like planting peas at the spring equinox and pumpkins at the summer solstice. May do that again next year.
The cilantro has all bolted, but I did harvest a few leaves for pico de gallo on Saturday. I really like growing the cilantro in patio pots. Love the smell of it, which you get just by handling it.
I put the last two tomato plants into patio pots after realizing that I wasn't going to make the upside-down planters work this season. Maybe next year.
Things they don't tell you about those upside-down planters: They take a LOT of potting soil and are consequently FREAKING HEAVY! They will bend a normal garden hook. Can't just hang them anywhere. I did put a plant in one early in the year and then it got taken out by a freeze. It's just too much work to figure out where to hang it and get the thing set up.
Lavender is blooming, and the roses are settling in nicely. This morning I turned the cock on one of the water barrels halfway to water the rhubarb for a while. When I went back to shut it off, I stupidly turned it full on instead. So the rhubarb got an unexpectedly large drink (i.e., the entire contents of a nearly-full barrel). We better have nice rhubarb, that's all I can say.
Pumpkins have sprouted, and the peas have just finished. I like planting peas at the spring equinox and pumpkins at the summer solstice. May do that again next year.
The cilantro has all bolted, but I did harvest a few leaves for pico de gallo on Saturday. I really like growing the cilantro in patio pots. Love the smell of it, which you get just by handling it.
I put the last two tomato plants into patio pots after realizing that I wasn't going to make the upside-down planters work this season. Maybe next year.
Things they don't tell you about those upside-down planters: They take a LOT of potting soil and are consequently FREAKING HEAVY! They will bend a normal garden hook. Can't just hang them anywhere. I did put a plant in one early in the year and then it got taken out by a freeze. It's just too much work to figure out where to hang it and get the thing set up.
Lavender is blooming, and the roses are settling in nicely. This morning I turned the cock on one of the water barrels halfway to water the rhubarb for a while. When I went back to shut it off, I stupidly turned it full on instead. So the rhubarb got an unexpectedly large drink (i.e., the entire contents of a nearly-full barrel). We better have nice rhubarb, that's all I can say.
