Don't Stop Me Now

Because we're having a good time, having a good time.  

This is the only time of year the crab apple tree outside of our bedroom window blossoms here at Steepmeadow. We have tulips. We have some peas coming in. We have rocket, spinach, & kale (though it is amazing how stunted they are for having gone in the ground the first week of April.

Best of all, it was 85 degrees today. It won't last. The week ahead looks like low 60's for highs, upper 30's. low 40's for lows. 

As an experiment, I planted a cherry tomato and one of the purple tomatoes out. I know it is early, but I have taken the precaution of re-locating the uber-cloche over them. The reason I did it is that they were outgrowing the greenhouse. I think they'll do better out there. I hope I haven't killed them. They've only had 4 days of hardening off. Though they are being coddled. The cloche will keep the harshest sunshine muted, and should give them a little blanket at night. I think they'll be alright. There aren't any hard freezes in sight, and that means we're probably done with them now.

Which gave me the opportunity to plant giant sunflowers all over the back yard. I put what I hope will be a screen of them in front of our deck. I also planted them in random places in the new teardrop area that we're not going to mow this year. Random giant sunflowers popping up in there with the clover and the butterfly weed should be kind of a neat effect. And the sun scorches that area of the "lawn" dry by September. This will be a lot more interesting than dead grass.

It's not the easiest thing to do this after running 18 miles in preparation for the June 13 marathon.

Nevertheless, we persisted.