First round of seeds and watering

But first, it is still mostly fall weather. Cool, almost chilly nights and very pleasant sunny days with a cool breeze. It will all be erased in a few days when the temps will jump up in a hot flash moment to the 90's. 

That was taken last night/evening but you can see later in the week it's supposed to jump up to 92. It's only in the upper 70's right now during the day so still very pleasant. 

First round of cauliflower seeds planted. I didn't think I got a seed in the one on the right so it was in there overnight and then I decided to just squeeze it into the other container. Those clear plastic containers are from one of my sets from Ikea, 'tower of containers' set that I have two.  They make great humidity/catch trays since I am not taking lunches or snacks to work anymore. The black one is a mushroom container from the store that I have discovered are not heat tolerant at all. Two have turned into folded and twisted objects just leaving them out in the garden in what I thought was a shaded spot.So, seedling tray yes, sun exposure, no.

I double checked to make sure rose hips should be harvested when they turn color and the answer was yes so I yoinked about five of them before the gardeners decided to cut them off. I might grab those three as well just to make sure. this is the medium pink single petaled rose in front of the giant BoP that gets maybe half day sun in the summer and hardly any in winter. I watered all the beds and noticed a lot of seedlings coming up in the south bed. I know I only tossed a handful of cilantro in there so my suspicion is most of that is weed seeds. Will let them grow and see what happens.

Verification of height on the crate idea. That little white rack is about the same level as the bottom of the planting area. It seems there will be about two inches of crate above the edge of the bed. Can't put soil in any higher than that handle cut out anyway so that is acceptable. It is also perfect length for putting in it's current orientation that will allow maximum sun and yet keep the rest of the bed in sun as well.  Yes it will shade in the afternoon but 5 or 6 hours of sun is just fine for growing. There will be a lot of shoveling going on when I decide to do that but I think it will be worth the effort. What gardening isn't worth the work right?

 

Even after watering thoroughly (and I do mean thoroughly) the soil level didn't sink that much.  I still want another bag of soil just in case and if there's left overs it'll be distributed in the ground beds. I mistakenly just walked right out to the garden without changing shoes but no harm done to my suede slip ons, got a little wet but that's all. Need to look into getting a more 'all weather' pair of shoes because my canvas ones have no tread left and are not water proof.

Trying to think of anything else I could use and the only thing that comes to mind is a good pair of garden gloves. I miss my Foxgloves, sure they're fabric but they were made out of bamboo and nylon, dried ultra fast and completely washable. When I originally bough them about fifteen years ago, they were $25 for the ones with the grips on the palm. On Amazon, they are now $32, of course everything is more expensive now. The cuff length was perfect the nubs were just enough, I wore mine out many times using them every day or losing them on a monthly basis. 

And Fall means leaves on the ground and fungus in the grass.