So much for the cucumber

 Got out and watered yesterday, really thoroughly and maybe a bit too forcefully. The weather is in the upper 80's and even crested into low 90's the last few days and with my random doctor appointments didn't water as diligently.

 You can see how few roots were cleared out of the moss pellet so that is word to the wise that I will wait and take that covering off when transplanting. So that's one down and the other one looks just fine so far. Not much in the way of any fruit  other than one small white looking one that may not be fertile. Oh well. Looks like it's tomatoes and peppers this year.

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Two of the bushes have flowers, even though they aren't completely grown. I just do not have luck with peppers it seems. I'll dump the rest of the fertilizer on them next time I water and hope for the best. I  know they and the cucumbers need a LOT of water and I just am not good about getting out there often enough, I need mulch for sure to help with that.

 

The cherry tomatoes are really pushing now and I should probably trim the very tops off for convenience. I actually knocked an overripe one off when I was shifting the cucumber around. It was way overripe, tried to eat it when I got upstairs and nope... way too squishy and it had that half rotten taste. Oh well. Guess it's time to get my trimmers and thin out some branches.

Not a very good picture but Marigold seeds! Dolores was puttering around with her plants when I went down today. I noticed she had a nice little square pot with some orange and yellow 'french' marigolds. The smaller variety. So we were chatting and then I asked if she had any flowers that went to seed and she handed me a handful she had just culled off her plants. Yes! So I sprinkled some in the west bed and stirred the dirt around, then the remainder I brought upstairs and got them pulled apart and into an origami seed envelope. Dolores seems to think the soil in that west bed is really good. I told her actually there's very little amendment and it's mostly native soil. She must think that heavy black soil is good. It can be but depends on what you're growing.

 Of course I technically needed to water immediately but will see about that tomorrow. Another thing I need, a good watering can for just such a situation. 

So that's it for today. One plant down but hopefully seeds will be growing, such is the way of nature.