And it figures....

 So I got an e-giftcard to Home Depot thanks to one of my brothers and did some pre-shopping to find the most affordable hose I could get within that budget and still have some left over for one other thing. So, got to the store, almost panicked because I had deleted the email with the card on it but luckily had not purged my email trash. Card retrieved, hose purchased and grabbed the same grow pellets I got before because it was just easier and cheaper.

I didn't feel like rolling it out and watering today because..... weather said there was a 90% chance of rain today. Cue the Ironic song.  Yes indeed, it is raining. A very good, soft steady rain that was preceded by very blustery winds yesterday and this morning. Hose is in the closet where I had stored my previous one and the tarp, the pellets are safe and dry in the apartment. At least my car and the jade plant are getting a good soaking.

Now.... I went rifling through my seed collection last night and realized I am very deficient in cool season seeds. I have cauliflower, Chantenay carrots (not a fan), mixed lettuces and the Romaine, snow peas and sweet peas. That's it. Everything else is peppers, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, tomatillos.. everything for summer that I don't have room for growing all in one season.  My problem is, there really are very few cool season veggies that I will eat and that I can grow given my space. Would love cabbage, but those plants get huge, same with Brussel Sprouts (I know, I have seen them), I have the big crate I could grow potatoes but need a copious amount of soil to do that and maybe some straw.  Not in my budget at the moment. Peas of course, but will need to get some pod peas not snow peas, sweet peas will be for spring, so what else? Oh yes, and plenty of cilantro seeds.

Onions, I'd like to try again but not from seed even though I have them. It would take for-ev-er! I don't really eat spinach or beets, I did want to start an herb garden but would want to start from plants. Need another variety of carrots and maybe try my hand at garlic again... Maybe in the crate with the potatoes? That list says greens...what greens? Lettuce, cilantro and spinach are already mentioned, what else? so that's basically it for me. Not that I have a quarter acre to plant but I guess peas, lettuces, green onions, garlic and potatoes? Good enough I suppose. 

But at least I have a functional hose, the nozzle still works well enough and I have means to plant seeds and free water falling from the sky!