Well, we got rain!

 Finally! Started clouding over Saturday and it was predicted for about a 68 ish percentage of rain for the area. Well it sure as heck rained. No pictures of the event unfortunately but it rained Sunday morning (overnight into daylight), spattered a bit then rained hard and continued that trend all the way to Monday when it cleared off by morning on Tuesday. Coooollllld! It didn't ge more than mid 50's all Sunday and Monday. 

These were all taken on Monday when it was cold and blustery and spattered rain in the early morning and a little at night. Not nearly enough rain for the season but everything got a thorough soaking. It's puffy clouds right now with a light blue sky and gentle breeze.  Oh did I mention it was cold! 48 this morning when I woke up. 

Some catching up to do since I haven't posted for a week. I sprouted some green onions from the store and got those planted out then used some of the 'in ground' soil and mixed that in on the left side of the bed. I'm hoping that when it starts warming up the potatoes will kick into high gear. I can't do anything with that bed until I can pull those onions and the potato sprouts get bigger. I was digging around and found those three spudlings and another potato that was thoroughly rotted through. The cilantro I needed the other day so trimmed off the longest leaves for just enough for my recipe. Waiting for that to grow out again.

Pictures from Tuesday when the ground was still wet but the sun was shining. The jade plants are all in full bloom again and the garlic is actually growing! You can see the leaves on the left lower end of the west bed with the logs.

And the status today. The compost I mixed into the south bed is undisturbed and at least one cilantro survived in the bed, I discovered another seed had escaped and ended up in Layla's bed to the right, about where that leaf is in the top left picture. The skies, as I said, are beautiful blue with puffy clouds, a bit more grey now than this morning. 

Beginning of the month is coming up and I'm looking at getting at least one bag of soil and maybe look for some parsley and basil seeds for the south bed. When it gets to be full summer I'll have to figure out what to put there other than greens. A few radishes have survived the mayhem from last month, they're growing at least, but what the root will look like is another matter. The seeds I planted in the fiber pots have not shown yet but it's been cold and rainy so not expecting any movement for a while. Still scouting a place indoors.

The 'Paradise' rose is blooming, despite being stripped completely a month ago. Roses are surprisingly sturdy plants which a lot of people think is opposite of their experience. 9 out of 10 times people are killing their plants with too much attention. 

Another update hopefully next week if I get some soil.