Odd weather but watered

 It is cooler than yesterday but with high cloud cover it was still warm. Just an odd kind of weather day but good for watering and puttering around outside. Worked up a sweat for sure. Got down to the garden and unhooked the other hose, then went and started pulling my hose out and had to stop. Totally forgot I have gloves now! So, sigh... trudged back up to the apartment and back down again armed with my gloves. It does make a difference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiffany is blooming, I appreciate the good quality camera I have on my phone now but the colors aren't nearly that intense when I see them in person. The roses in that garden area are just surviving and sad to think they may not make it much longer. They're tough plants for sure, they've survived decades in the shade and hacking at so who knows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another potato has broken the surface! Guess this is my potato bed this year. I think those are all the russet pieces which will be interesting by end of summer. Need to figure out what to put in the front of t he bed when the onions come out. Those are poking along as well, not bulking up very much but then they were scraggly and almost dead when I planted them. They're doing amazing for that start. 

 I was digging around the plants with my trowel as I was watering to make sure the soil was getting saturated and oops, got too close to the purple potatoes and skewered one. That's a really good size potato for a plant that small, fits in the palm of my hand so will let that one dry off, (oops I just tossed it on the pile of fruit on the counter, should probably get some paper or put it in the cupboard so it won't green).

I was given an 'imported' garlic bulb that had started to sprout. Why 'imported'? Differences in where the garlic is grown is whether the root pad has been scooped out or not.

 

Imported garlic is usually sold in the mesh sleeves and 99% comes from China. 'Domestic' garlic, grown in the US still has the roots intact. One source said that the imported is bleached to prevent sprouting..... wellll tell that to the dark green leaves that are sticking out of the core of my bulb. I will probably be breaking that down to plant or just toss the whole thing in the ground and use the leaves like chives. I only buy the individual heads at the store for this reason and the domestic bulbs are bigger. It's technically fresher (I've had some duds like most people) but since I found out the difference I never buy the sleeved garlic anymore. I seem to recall that the other reason for scooping the roots is  due to diseases and parasites. The bulb I have right now is completely smooth on the bottom, not a root looking nub anywhere, so that's going to be 'garlic chives' for the summer. No roots means I have to actually break the cloves apart so they'll root because there's nothing for it to grow on.

So watering happened, not too heinously hot, cut some more cilantro and the accidental potato.  Oh dang, forgot I pulled back some of the oregano and was going to bring that up to dry. Oh well.