It's raining again....

 Weather app said it would likely start raining around 11 am. Started misting/drizzle around 10:30 and serious rain at 11. Yep, it's a nice gentle straight to the ground, little breeze at all rain. I realized that if I didn't get out to the garden early this morning, I wouldn't have a chance until tomorrow. The gardeners are running the blower. They were out mowing most of the lawn this morning and I think this guy just seems to think it's okay to try and blow leaves in the rain.

So it was very cloudy, lots of moisture in the air and threatening to start raining any minute I was out. It started drizzling within minutes of me getting back upstairs.

Two pill bugs seems to be the only thing that fell in the one cup. One of the traps (upper right photo) actually had the leaf blow off from all the wind, all leaves left on the soil were chewed.

So I think those 'mystery' seedlings are cilantro judging by the true leaf coming out. Will wait a bit and see what it looks like. There seems to be another seedling coming up as well. Man.... you want stuff to grow fast, get cilantro.

I put a bag over the one compost bucket because it was attracting a LOT of fruit flies. I picked up the two containers that had the cauliflower and lettuce in and loosened the soil, dumping some from the cup to the clear container. Watered the oregano a little from what was in the tin bucket and let some of it dribble into the rose that needed water as well. Hoping they all get some water today I didn't move them out from the wall because about where that tin sits, is where the drip from the roofline hits.

Dark spots and roots under the containers. The roots are just weed seeds but the dark soil is actually coming from the containers which means something got in there. Sure enough, a worm was in the cup and I wouldn't be surprised if there were a couple in the other container.

Four pairs of pods are growing. I suppose if I had wanted more peas I should have planted more but  I just grow them for the adventure of it and the benefits to the soil. I'll eat them of course but not going to have dozens all ready at the same time.

Had to get some size reference and be able to see the little things against the backdrop of the same colored leaves. And again, the only thing that pesters peas is caterpillars which it is too cold this time of year to be out. I did see a Mourning Cloak butterfly the other day and a yellow one flitting around so they're out there, just not very active.

And another handful of cilantro harvested, all but two stems were from my beds and I pulled a scraggly one from the volunteers which went in the compost and then nipped off two long stems. The stems of the ones in the shade of course are a lot easier to pick and the stems are more upright. So growing it in the warmer months in full shade is the way to go for sure.

 

Side note about Mourning Cloak butterflies."The eggs are usually laid on host trees like willow, elm, hackberry, cottonwood, poplar, rose, birch, hawthorne, and mulberry." Well we have hawthorns and I think a few elms in the area and of course the roses. It's one of the prettier butterflies in my book but then I love blues and browns together. I only remembered them perferring elms from years ago because there were three or four huge ones along the fence at the nursery and when I had a house there was a Chinese Elm in the front yard.

Now that I can stare at the picture my crafting/knitting brain is thinking, 'that color arraingement can be done for a shawl pretty easy'. Hush you!