I increased the size of my “farm” this morning. After I finished my coffee on the porch, I started puttering around in the back yard and found two large tub-like pots. Since I still had some good dirt, some compost, and some seeds, I thought I might as well plant something. The seeds are quite old, so I have no idea if any of them will come up (I put in just about all of them in hopes four of each will germinate — I may end up transplanting some elsewhere), but it’s worth trying. So now I have cucumbers and squash that I hope will grow up and produce some produce!

I also planted one small clay pot with marigolds. Hey, I had the seeds. Maybe they’ll grow!

Also, I am thinking of putting some of our pre-compost mulch on the top of all my containers. There was already some kind of critter pawing around in one of my boxes. No damage done, but still. The neighborhood cats have all sorts of locations to paw around in, so I think they can leave my boxes alone.

I can’t believe it’s already 2 pm, and I spent the whole morning outside messing around with pots, dirt and seeds. I wouldn’t have come in when I did, but it started raining. Boo. Hiss. Though it’s good for the plants, so I shouldn’t complain. It’s a good thing the rain forced me to come in, because I really need to thaw some hamburger and get the chili for dinner started anyway. I should probably do the dishes from this weekend too. Boo. Hiss.