We Didn't Get Where We Are Today Without Planning

 

Today is Valentine's Day. Kiki gave me the lovely llamas in the video above. It looks like you can't see it until you click on it. It is worth it. They are cute.

I will repeat...as I think I am starting to do inadvertently as one day bleeds into the next day of pandemic isolation: I believe we did the right thing starting peppers and marigolds early. The tomatoes were up in just a few days. We may have jumped the gun on those. 

On inspecting the garden plans for this year, which are, for the time being, "finalized," I noted that they call for a ton of marigolds. Marigolds are reliable, nice looking little flowers. Rumor has it that they also keep some garden eating critters away. Other rumors say no. Only one way to put it to the test. Also supposedly good for this purpose are nasturtiums. So we started six of those tonight. Along with a set of six Bulgarian carrot peppers. ["Bulgarian carrot peppers" should be read in an exaggerated, cartoonish eastern European accent, for effect.]

So, do you want to know what the plans are? We printed the bed plans today, and it is pretty satisfying to have them all done. 

Here they are, for posterity:

And that's it for this year. We'll be building three more beds before fall for next year, but the cost is prohibitive to complete them and fill them with dirt before spring planting.

All is proceeding according to plan.