grass finally mowed and carpets cleaned

Today was a busy day, as I'd scheduled steam cleaning for the carpets at 8:30 AM and a man to come cut the yard at 9:30 AM. Both were on the late side, but the carpet got done quickly and looks good, though it was still very wet when I left. The grass cutting started a lot later than planned and took quite a while, though it does look good. I've got to do something about trying to get REAL grass to grow in my yard, now that it has been cut, I can really see that large areas look to just be plantain weeds. I keep pulling and pulling...

I got my plant markers in the mail yesterday, but with all the stuff going on today didn't have any time to start writing on them. They look really nice and I can't wait to see how it will look when I label everything. I'm excited. They came from Eon Industries in Ohio, which I found through the Hosta Library.

This evening on my dinner break, I ran out to the bank and got some cash so I could go get a hanging basket at Fisher Orchard (at Dillard Farms). They had some HUGE beautiful baskets of pink million bells and verbena last week and that was what I wanted. Of course, those were all gone this week, but they did have some of the same combination, just not as grown out, so I got one of those and figure it will be fine. They also had really huge, really nice baskets of a peachy million bells combined with black sweet potato vine. I almost got one of those as well but finally decided against it for today, though I may go back later this week.

rain has arrived

I got woken up in the middle of the night by the sounds of a very violent rainstorm. The rain seems to have continued all night and into the morning. When I got home from work, we had over 1" of rain. Great news!

Irises I divided last year are blooming

iris bloom
Originally uploaded by iechris

Some of the irises I divided last fall and spread all around the yard are now blooming. Oddly, it is the ones that were stuck in some of the worst dirt, leftover clay that was full of lumps. These plants are in part shade but are currently blooming. I'm wondering if these may have been bigger pieces than the ones I planted other places, as this group seems to have always been ahead of the others.

where's my rain?

The forcast had been for rain Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, so I didn't really make plans for the yard this weekend as I figured it would be raining. Saturday came and no rain, so after running some errands in the morning, including a trip the Farmer's Market where I came away with two very cute little folk art tortoises made out of small clay pots and saucers, I had to hit the yard. I had also gotten 2 pots of purple fountain grass, some lilies and a pincushion flower.

I planted a 4 pack of vinca in front of the newly planted 'Double Pink' hydrangea. They are white with a red/pink eye and I hope they will do better in this area than the impatiens did last year. The pincushion flower went into the front corner of the left hand side of the perennial bed. A red lily went in front of the Joe Pye Weed, where I hope their far apart flowers schedules will allow each to hide the other in turn. An already podded up 'Stargazer' lily went in to the left hand side of the bed where the mallow had grown last year. One pot of fountain grass went in between the Tea Olive and Japanese Beautyberry. It looks good for now but may prove to be a little crowded and there might not be room there next year. I also repotted the Carolina Jessamine to a 3 gallon pot. I still haven't decided where I'm going to plant it, but it seems fine in a pot for now.

As there was no rain yet, but lots of thunder, and I had a bunch of freshly planted plants, I watered the back yard. Just as I was finishing, it started to rain. In all, we got about 1/2" yesterday (Saturday) then an additional 1/4" inch today (Sunday). Saturday night we went out to eat and I got very sick while at the restaurant and got extremely sick at the mall. I was still not feeling well today, so I didn't get much done or feel like doing much.

I pulled some more plantain weeds today, they are taking over huge sections of my yard. I really need to try to seed in some grass, but I just can't seem to stick with a watering schedule. Speaking of grass, it badly needs to be cut. The guy who cut it for me this year has a new job and hasn't been doing as much yard work. Today he called and gave me another name, the boyfriend of one of my mom's former co-workers and that guy will be out Wednesday AM. That is great, as it was almost to cutting it with the string trimmer time.

The tomatoes I am hardening off are doing well. I also finally have some sprouts of the 'Ananas Noir' tomoatoes. However, I am really running out of room under the lights. I have a few small potted tomatoes from the first round of seed starting and they may have to start hardening off soon. I currently have flowers on Tumbling Tom, Husky Cherry Red, Early Girl and Cherokee Purple. I may have seen the beginnings of flowers on German Pink as well.

so dry already, plus planted hydrangea and viburnum

For the last two days, when I've been outside in the evening, it has been SO dry. The tomatoes have all needed to be watered and today I saw 'Teller Red' hydrangea being wilty. I have watered portions of my yard both nights. The weather report had called for rain today, but it never showed up. Currently the forcast is for rain all weekend and right now that would be very welcome. I feel like I am back in last July already, with the heat and the drought and everything needing to be watered all the time.

The baby tomato plants continue their outside time and that seems to be going well. Right now they aren't putting out much in the way of new growth, but they also aren't getting a lot of sun. This weekend I'm going to try to leave them out in the sun longer, if we have any sun. Last night, I started another cup of the 'Ananas Noir' tomato seeds as I have yet to get a sprout. I'm not sure if they were quite ready to be started outside, so I brought those trays in a few days ago. I'm either going to have very few or a bumper crop as I've started almost 20 seeds.

Last night after yoga I came home and finally planted the viburnum. Last fall we set in in the spot where the yew had died and it has lived there ever since. I could never figure out where I was going with it and my mom said that it belonged on that corner and it does look good, so I've sacrificed matching for flowers on one side. I hope it will do well. The rootball was a little on the dry side when I planted it, so I tried to really soak the rootball while watering yesterday and today. The actual digging in was really easy as the yew had been there, so I didn't dig a very big hole, in part due to the lilies and heucheras planted around it. The soil seems to be great, so I'm hoping the roots will grow well. It was very root bound as well, so I was pretty aggressive about loosening up the roots. I'll keep my fingers crossed...


This evening, with no rain, I decided to finally plant the Forever and Ever Double Pink hydrangea I had bought at Lowes. The original ideas was to plant it in the front side yard where I ended up planting another Endless Summer. I decided against that plan, as I don't know how this plant will perform and I figured ES was a sure thing. After that decision was made, I waffled for a while on where to put the plant, then finally decided I would plant it between the 'Flying Dragon' and the Rose of Sharon, next to the annual bed. 'Masja' is in pretty much the same position on the other side of the annual bed and Rose of Sharon, so I figured this would balance well and my neighbor's chestnut tree should provide enough shade. The space I planted it in isn't big, but this plant is not supposed to get that big either, so I'm hoping it will work.

Another great ranunculus shot:


'Delta Fire' pansies still blooming:

more planting- ES and clematis

I worked tonight so I had some time to do some work in the yard this AM. I dug in an area under the tree on the front part of the side yard to plant the new 'Endless Summer'. After a few hours of work, I got ES planted and also got the Clematis I had bought planted. I hope that there will be enough room for the clematis' roots to grow and that I will be able to get it to grow up the tree.

'Christmas Tree' planted

I got up a bit earlier than usual this AM with the plan that I would get the new hostas planted before work. Since they were bare root, I let them soak overnight in a bowl of water, but I wasn't sure about leaving them that way for 2 nights, so that meant that I had to do something with them today.

I went out and dug up the area where I wanted to plant 'Christmas Tree', LOTS of roots, but I did my best to dig them out. My neighbor's trees are obviously the type that send out a lot of surface roots, as I always run into a ton when I am digging back there. I got 'Christmas Tree' planted out and watered in. I also put 'Holy Mole' in a 2 gallon pot and potted it up for the time being. I will have to figure out where to put it and its friends.

Today was the tomatoes first day outside. I put them on the porch right up against the house where they would get a few hours of morning sun but hopefully be protected from any strong winds. They seem to have done pretty well. I'll put them back out there tomorrow.

The reticulated irises that I got earlier this year from a woman who comes into work have just started to bloom.

eBay hostas arrive

The two hostas I bought on ebay, 'Holy Mole' and 'Christmas Tree' arrived today. 'Christmas Tree' has big leaves and nice roots. 'Holy Mole' is just beginning to wake up but has a HUGE root system. So big, I'm trying to figure out what to do with it, as I'm not ready to plant it yet. My tentative plan is to try to plant 'Christmas Tree' tomorrow AM before work, but that depends on how early I can get up and get ready for the day.

I also potted all the 'Pink Accodion' tomato seedlings in their own pots and plan to start moving them outside tomorrow.

finally got to the Lily Lady

We finally made it out to the Lily Lady this afternoon, but when we got there I found out that mom had left the list of the ones we liked at home. She had thought that we could just pick out the ones we liked best in person, forgetting that they are not blooming yet!

We started out with the hostas and I got a 'June' to put by the Generale in place of one of the 'Elegens' and also got 'Great Expectations' which kept catching my eye. From there, it was off to the daylily photo albums to choose some daylilies. We ended up getting 2 'Jagged Edge', a lavender one to go on either end of the 'Mattie Max Maxwells'; 2 'Chicago Knobby' to go along the side of the house and 1 'Pushamataha', which was supposed to be for the side of the house, but I forgot what color it was, then decided to plant it in the perennial bed.

When we got home, I got the 'Jagged Edges' and 'Chicago Knobbys' planted in the front yard and dug up the 'Purple Emperor' sedum that I can't believe is still alive. I tried to get all the peat off the sedum that I could, then had mom run it under some water, then planted it out in the perennial bed, where I hope it will do better. I also planted 'Pushamataha' out in the perennial bed.

From there, it was hosta time. First up, I moved the far right 'Elegens' by the Generale over between 'Coral Bells' and 'Pink Ruffles' azaleas. Then I planted 'June' where it had been. After that, I took 'Great Expectations' and planted it beside 'Fuji Waterfall' hydrangea.

Once all the planting was done I did a few other odd jobs. I removed the chicken wire cage I had built around 'Gentian Dome' hydrangea and ran chicken wire along the rest of the inside of the fence. I put a tomato cage around 'Gentian Dome' so hopefully that will protect it. I also planted the two little yellow begonias that I got, they are on either side of 'Ami Pasquer' hydrangea. I was very surprised to see that my millions bells hanging basket that had overwintered from last year is now blooming. I really need to fertilize it. It is not all that leafed out, so the blooms were a real surprise. It also looks like the hanging basket of verbena from last year has overwintered as well. It is just starting to put out new growth. Not sure where I will end up putting either basket.

I think I may have gotten the tiara hosta mess straightened up and that I now have them correctly identified. My current master plan is to slightly enlarge the bed that 'Ayesha' hydrangea is in and then put all the tiara hostas around 'Ayesha'. I will need to move another 'Elegens' to do this, but I will leave the 'Fire and Ice' hosta where it is, as it seems happy there.

Autumn Belle azalea bloom:

only 1/2" of rain today

The weather report intially called for rain all day today and tomorrow, but we got the rain today in the AM, only about 1/2". I think I will hold off on watering on Sunday, but with no rain forcast for the next week, I'll need to water on Wednesday probably.

I had to work today, so all I did this evening was pull a few weeds. Mom harvested some lettuce and the 'Galactica' lettuce that had been in the windowbox got uprooted somehow, so I'll move one of the ones in the nursery bed to the windowbox. I also put out another box with some more 'Ananas Noir' tomato seeds this morning. In other tomato news... more flowers on 'Husky Cherry Red' and the first open flower on 'Early Girl'.

planting and transplanting for 4/18

Planted out today in the perennial border:
Euphorbia
Wallflower
Blue Hill salvia
alyssum Easter Bonnet
lantana Bandana Cherry
Stargazer lily bulbs
Bearded Iris rhizomes
dahlia Lavender Perfection
hollyhock

Planted out:
Teller Red hydrangea
Night Before Christmas hosta
perilla
marigolds

Transplanted to the perennial border:
ginger lilies
Joe Pye weed moved from one side to the other
coneflowers moved from one side to the other


licorice plant icicles moved from the pot to the border

perennial bed and so much more

Today was one of those super productive days that you can only think of when it is cold or rainy. We are expecting rain over the weekend, so I'm glad I had today off to get a lot done.

I started at 8:30 AM by raking the mulch and pine needles from the left half of the perennial bed. I also moved all the plants that had been plopped down in and on the bed except the variegated iris, that has come up so well. Once I had all the mulch off, I realized I wanted to put the mulch somewhere, so that led to a brief time out while I weeded and pulled all the grass from around the daylilies and spread the mulch/pine needles there. Then it was back to digging in the bed. It actually went better than expected and I only ran into the rocks really in one area near where the viburnum is. I added almost a whole bag of Clay Buster and raked it into the loose dirt.



Then it was time to start planting the bed. First order of business was to dig up the ginger lilies, which I think planted on the outside back corner of the left and right side of the bed. In order to plant on the right hand side, I first had to dig up the 1 Joe Pye Weed, which I then moved the the left side. While I was digging in the bed, I discovered that the two dahlias that had bloomed last year appeared to have overwintered, plus I had a glad coming up, so I decided to leave them as the back row planting and get another bag of dahlias. Once I had the ginger lilies and joe pye weed in, I put the blue sage back in and dug two clumps of coneflower from the right side. I think dug the wallflower out of the herb barrel and planted it on the left side. The wood spurge (euphorbia) went on the right side where a coneflower had been and the licorice plant finally got out of a pot and into the right side of the perennial bed.

With all that done, it was time to tackle the next project... planting the 'Teller Red' hydrangea. Since there was already a hole in place it wasn't that bad. I also decided that I will plant a hosta near it between it and the astilbe. After that it was on the the next task, fertilizing the camellias. I raked back all the old mulch, then fertilized them and watered them in. I also fertilized my azaleas, which apparently was a mistake, as it will stimulate growth and cause the flowers to fall off. So, maybe the azalea show will be brief this year. I also fertilized the yew and the loropetulam.

It was about 2 PM at that point and I went off to Country Boys to pick up a few things. I got a flat of alyssum, a perilla, a hollyhock and a pack of coleus. I stopped off at Home Depot and got 2 packs of marigolds and a new water wand that I hope will be more gentle. I planted the alyssum along the entire front of the perennial bed, the hollyhock in the inner back corner of the right side of the perennial bed and the perilla in the center of the camellia bed. Hosta 'Night Before Christmas' finally got a home between the far left 'Miss Biloxi' and 'Debutante'. I'm going to put the new 'Christmas Tree' hosta on the other side of 'Debutante' when it comes. I planted up three small pots of marigolds and planted one marigold in each corner of the big pot the roma tomato is in.

At that point, after the watering, it was time to call it a day. I am still debating where I'm going to plant the double pink hydrangea.

Euphorbia in bloom:

drying out already

We have only had a few warm days and already I am running into problems with plants drying out. Yesterday I planted the purple ranunculus that had been drying out. Today, even after I soaked its rootball, the rootball was dry again even though it was planted. I watered it really well and will moniter it tomorrow. The white double impatiens in one of the porch pots were also suffering from a dry rootball. I'm hoping I have them back on the mend. Additionally, the 'Teller Red' hydrangea was drooping and dry and so was the little pot of lantana. I took the potted plants in for a good soak and will watch them over the next couple of days.

I stopped at Lowes on my lunch hour and got another bag of potting soil. They had soem of the early spring plants marked down so I got a hellebore, a heuchera and a columbine all for 50% off.

I planted up the second roma tomato, moved the one English thyme and the one sage from the herb barrel into their own pots and dug up the little piece of creeping phlox that had propogated itself last fall. I'm going to move the phlox over to the other side of the house where I have the other phlox I think.

survived the frost, we hope

I went out last night and covered all the hydrangeas (except 'Mini Penny' as I discovered this AM) for the night. We did have some frost last night, not much but enough that I'm glad I covered the hydrangeas. At 8:30 AM this morning, I was back outside uncovering them before it started to warm up. I also covered the ginger lilies and the lilies of the valley but didn't cover the hostas. So far it looks like everything did well.

I gave the yard a good watering, as once again it had gotten pretty dry. I repotted 'Husky Cherry Red' into a larger container, then planted the red bell pepper and one of the roma tomatoes and finally got the purple ranunculus planted in the left hand side of the perennial bed.

There is TONS of work to do and I was really wishing I could have stayed out in the yard all day instead of going to work! I am hoping that I will be able to get Tom to come help me on Friday, as I need to get the giant azalea Bobbie gave me planted and I'd love to move the big pieris. We also decided that a walk gate on the other side fence was really a necessity, as it is a real pain to be constantly trooping through the house.

I did get some good pictures today:

pink ranunculus:


red ranunculus:


new azalea from Bobbie:


'Peppermint' hydrangea flower opening:

veggies in for a few days

The expected cold weather played havoc with my weekend plans, so pretty much all I did was weed, weed, weed and shop for a few new pots. This afternoon I went over to Bobbie's and she gave me a HUGE azalea in full bloom to plant in the hole in my foundation bed. I think I'm going to hire her yard man Tom to come help me plant it. I also want to move the one pieris I do have planted right now because I think it is in too much sun. I saw snowball viburniums at Home Depot for pretty cheap, so I may get one and put it where the pieris is, then move the pieris to the other side of the large beautyberry.

This evening I got all the veggies, coleus and other tender plants in for a few days. I did not cover the hydrangeas and things as they are not calling for frost tonight. Hope there haven't been any last minute changes. The last time I checked the weather, they had revised the projected lows up, so I'm hoping we will have dodged the bullet on this one.

rain this evening

The weather report had promised rain today, but it didn't arrive until almost 10 PM today. I had toyed with the idea of watering yesterday, but the yard still seemed okay and I figured I'd have a day of rain. Well, no rain during the day, but it was pretty hot, so things were dry when I got home. Still, as it felt like rain, I decided not to water. Did pull some more chickweed.

The REALLY BAD NEWS is that we are looking at low temps in the 30s on Sunday and Monday and maybe Tuesday. My plan is to bring in everything I can that is in a pot, then spread pine needles on my hostas and any other low growing plants I can and to cover the hydrangeas with some of the pots I have lying around and hope they don't get blown off. I am hoping that they continue to revise the low temp UP and that is is nothing like last year. I can't believe I am facing this again.

I also bought a wireless indoor/outdoor thermometer so I can tell what the temp REALLY is in my yard. I think I've got it working correctly and hopefully where I've placed the sensor (under the side yard nandina) is dry enough.

I also got a bag of Black Cow while I was out to use when digging in the perennial bed. My mom got me some Clay Buster the other day. I'm worried that the ground might be too muddy to dig in the bed tomorrow as I had planned (figuring the rain would be during the day) but maybe I can work on it in the afternoon.

The mystery tulip has returned! Appeared last year, it must be a survivor of a long ago planting:

grass seeded

I finished pulling enough weeds this morning to finally decide to seed in the grass along the side of the house. I watered it with the sprinkler for about 30 minutes while I weeded other parts of the yard. The plan is to water it 15 minutes a day every day (except when raining) for a few months until it really gets growing, then switch to watering every 2-3 days.

Parts of the yard are pretty dry, so I also ran the sprinkler on the veggies by the gate and the plants in the border there, and then back along the back with the camellias and azaleas.

My hostas are coming up, which is good. I saw some encouraging signs on the 'Masja' hydrangea today, so maybe all is not lost. I'm now worried about the small potted 'Penny Mac' I got from Park Seed last year. It was leafing out, but the frost near the end of March got those leaves. It has a few other starts of leaves but I can't tell if they are coming or going and the edges look damaged.

The tomato seedlings are too leggy, but they are also trying to put out their first true leaves. Once they have a few true leaves, I'm planning to start transitioning them to growing outside. Still only have 1 'Ponderosa' sprout per cup, but I'm going to try to start some more seeds.

me vs chickweed

Went another round with the chickweed and the other weeds briefly this evening. I am now on the other side of the fence, working around the forsythia. I noticed I have a lot of weeding to do at the very back of the hydrangea border, along the fence line.

Got some good garden photos today, though the flowers are looking a tad shopworn:

sport bloom on Margaret Davis:


regular bloom on Margaret Davis:


Tom Knudsen:


cute bird:

more planting and weeding

I went up to Charlotte this AM, then had lunch with Bobbie, her husband and my mom, so with everything I didn't get out into the yard until around 3 PM. I spent 3 hours weeding on the side yard and I think most of it is about as good as I'm going to get it, so I plan to put down the grass seed later this week.

We finally got over to storage and got most of my pots, so in the evening I potted up with the light that was left.

Today I potted up:

Veggies:
Thai hot pepper
Jalapeno pepper
Purple Beauty bell pepper

Sowed herb seeds:
cilantro in its own pot
Genovese basil around 'Early Girl'

Porch plants:
1 pot with a 'Lady Francis' begonia
1 pot with 'Witch Doctor' coleus, 'Fishnet Stocking' coleus and creeping jenny
1 pot with 2 double impatiens (white and a bright pink) and wire vine

Got everything watered in as it was getting dark.

I am afraid that 'Masja' hydrangea is not going to make it. The area of new growth that had its top damaged by the frost had previously had green leaves below the damaged area. Those leaves are now looking like they are dying. I checked the soil and it seems moist, so lack of water is not the issue. I think it just got hit at exactly the wrong time. I'm going to hope that the existing wood will leaf out, so maybe it is not lost.

shopping day & planting tomatoes

We had rain again today, so I couldn't do much in the way of work in the yard, though I did do a little weeding. Instead, I managed to do some shopping and got some good things for the yard.

First stop was Country Boys, where I got some more tomatoes, bell peppers, hot peppers and some double impatiens and coleus to go on the porch. From there, it was off to Garden Treasury, where I found some great things. I got some Golden Hakone grass for the planned side bed, a big pot of black mondo grass at a great price (!!!!), a beautiful dark purple hellebore that I'm not sure where will go and a beautiful purple ranunculus that I will add to the perennial border. I also got some pot feet for the large hydrangea pot. Then it was on to Lowes where I got more grass seed for yet another attempt to grow grass.

When we got home, it has stopped drizzling for a few minutes, so I spread the grass seed along the ditch and in some other areas in the front yard that were looking bare. I also pulled some weeds around the forsythia. The forsythia is fully leafed out now and the area around it is solid weeds. I'm amazed at the diversity of weeds all growing on top of each other. It is a real mess...

Then it was off to the back yard to do some planting. I planted up:

Tomatoes:
Tumbling Tom
German Pink
Cherokee Purple

Hydrangea:
Peppermint (in a large plastic pot)

Eggplant:
Ichiban

At this point, I ran out of potting soil. I need to get back to Sams Club. We made a late night trip to Lowes, which netted me a plastic bag holder for inside a cabinet door (got to do something to control all the plastic shopping bags) and a Japanese painted fern for one of my shade garden projects.

I really need a few good dry days when I'm off work. I have a bunch of work to do in the yard but my two most pressing things currently seem to be weeding out the side yard so I can sow grass seed and digging in the other 1/2 of the perennial bed, which will allow me to move/plant a number of other plants. The perennial bed will require soil that has not been rained on for at least a few days. On the other hand, we are still in a drought, so all the rain is more than welcome.

As of 6:30 PM we had over 1 1/4" rain since I last emptied the gauge. It is currently raining.

Small daffodils:


Purple ranunculus:


Margaret Davis camellia after the rain:

drizzly, dreary day

It has rained off and on for pretty much the whole afternoon, which is great as we are still in a drought. When I was driving to work at 8 AM today, it was 58. By late morning the temp had dropped to 50 and it is 43 now at 6 PM. Burr...

I checked the 10 day forcast and our lowest low is supposed to be 48 (not counting tonight I'm guessing). I want to try to get out to Country Boys and see if they have their tomatoes in yet, as I want to plant out the rest of what I plan to grow. When I got home this evening, I looked over at 'Early Girl' and I swear she is a lot bigger than she was yesterday. Wow, maybe I will have tomatoes next month! In other tomato news, the 2nd pot of 'Ponderosa' finally has one sprouted seed.

weeding and rain

Spent 3 hours this AM weeding along the side of the house. I plan to try to grow grass here again this year, if I have another failure then I will figure out something different to do, but the chickweed is not going to win! Weeding would be easier if I just hoed the whole area, but as I don't want to get rid of the violets and there seems to be some surviving grass from last year's grass growing efforts, I have to weed carefully.

We had a bit of rain tonight and the weather is calling for rain for the next two days. All my porch pots are still down where they can get some rain.

I swear that my tomato seedlings have grown while I was gone for work. So far, 'Pink Accordian' has more seedlings up that 'Ponderosa'. I'm still waiting for the second 'Ponderosa' cup to sprout and I still need to buy more seed starting soil and start the 'Black Pineapple' seeds as well. Right now the tomatoes are sitting up where the under the counter flourscent lights are on them, but I don't think that will be enough once they really start to grow. I'm afraid they are going to have to try to tough it out outside from an early age.

rain and tomato sprouts

Between this weekend and today, we have gotten 1" of rain. Plants are continuing to leaf out in the yard. The Flying Dragon is currently blooming, don't remember if it bloomed or not last year, might not have as this is right around the time I put it in the ground last year. All three beautyberries are leafing out, with the Japanese beautyberry the furthest along.

'Early Girl' and 'Husky Cherry Red' are growing along and Husky even has a few flowers. Maybe I will get tomatoes by June. I will need to repot Husky, as I had intially thought it was a small determinate plant, but as it can go all summer, it will need a bigger pot.

Yesterday I saw tomato sprouts for the first time from the seeds I sowed last week. Currently I have 1 cup with two sprouts and 2 cups with one sprout, still waiting on one of the 'Ponderossas' to sprout. I have moved the others as close to the flourescent lights in the kitchen as I can. Not great, but once they are a bit bigger I plant to move them outside. I still need to start some of the 'Black Pineapple'.

Tomorrow I work nights, so I am hoping I can get some yard work done. I need to get over to storage and get the big fiberglass pots I bought last year, as I want to plant one of the new hydrangeas in it.