Puffy clouds, blue sky...breezy.

 Since there's no rain today, it's wonderful weather. Chilly yes, but wonderful just he same. If this sort of cycle is going to continue I'd love it, sporadic rain and clearing is great for gardens. You can see the sky in the pictures how gorgeous it is.

When I got to the entrance to the garden, didn't see the dove on the ground behind the potatoes. Have to watch my step going from sidewalk to dirt with all the caltrops seed balls on the ground. Whistling wings alerted me and looked up to see the dove on the top of the wall. I looked away, walked past and it watched me. Predators watch their prey so I acted like I hadn't seen it and it stuck around for a while. Even hopped back down to the potato plants but then walked quickly away and out the garden. Got video but not worth the hassle to try and upload it. Bird basically walked away 'okay so I'm not alone, peace out homie'.

 

The peas are struggling to get a grasp of the trellis in the winds. I technically could string more of the green wire in between to make it easier and may do that next chance of a clear day. I tucked and bent but the wind would come up and pull it away. I got creative and found the wire the poultry netting was wound in and rigged that up. Will see if the peas get hold of it but the wind is really rough today.

 

Then I discovered... one of those pesky snails IN my bed! The soil looked a bit disturbed where it was, almost like it had been dropped there or something. I checked and it was alive so I chucked it over the wall to the parking lot. That radish is almost ready to pull, same with one of the other ones. I noticed some oxalis coming through the fence behind the bucket and pulled it and another clump, just dropped it in the compost bucket. I put a couple of scoops of mulch on top as well. It'll probably just try and grow from there but easy to get rid of.

I saw this also, a skeletonized flower. At first I couldn't figure out what it was from. Blew in on the wind most likely because examining it as I was headed back upstairs and realized it was from a cyclamen. Very rare they last that long but wherever it came from, it's in my collection now.

With all the gardening sites and articles crossing my feed I finally saw one that made me smack my head. I tried to grow seeds in a cardboard egg carton but failed. The cardboard would dry out too fast. I then saw the right way to do it... put it in a clear plastic bag and tie it shut. Brilliant!  I didn't have any soil in the little cups either so double silly of me to think it would work.

I have enough tomato seeds going now to last a while, next project is the seed tape with the radishes and carrots. Not much else going on for the garden, no watering needed, everything is going good so just do stuff inside and maybe go for a walk.