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The little white pots on the right have been out there, long enough for the roots to grow out the drainage holes. (my raised bed never did get filled though I did add a little) Shisito in pots on the left, elderberry in 3 gal pots behind them and it just worked out that I have a tomato plant for each of the seven stakes/posts I have in the little front yard garden(LFYG).

As much as I'm looking forward to the high tunnel with some row crops on either side, some fruit trees etc etc, I really like the LFYG with it's limitation.

Went out and cleaned up the clutter and started weeding. Came back in to make another pot of coffee. Plenty of time for that and to go back out and finish weeding and getting it ready for the year, all before noon. No such thing as feeling overwhelmed or wondering if the work will never end.

I decided to put the shisito and mater plants in the LFYG. Everything in the pic is going in the ground this afternoon.

When I got home yesterday, I went out to the tunnel area and pulled up a little grass and weeds around some horse thistle. I think I'm going to just spray to kill it but I don't want to plant anything I'm going to eat there for a while. If I grow anything in it this Fall/Winter, I'll do it in pots as it would be small leafy stuff anyway.

Bought a local newspaper and it had an ad from a local farm/garden center advertising chickens. That truck topper coup in the background might be occupied again soon with some New Hampshire Reds.

Got a few Bok Choy plants in the LFYG to harvest. Gonna bring a couple in to my veggie loving co-worker.

The comfrey is not very happy with me at the moment. It got pulled from a shady spot into mid day sun. It's for their own good. The goats won't be able to get to them now. I draped a tarp over them to help them out.

The cicadas are singing. Gonna go work on the tunnel frame now.(wondering if the work will never end)

Working on the high tunnel turned into an up close personal battle with thistle. One of the bigger ones is in between my kneeling pad and chair.

I didn't want to tread all over thistle down the middle of the tunnel area so I'm weeding and surrounding the enemy from all sides.

I know this horse thistle well enough now that I also found that the first year's growth has no thorns and looks kinda nice. They also pull out with the full root intact which is good.

Screw that poison. Pulled a lot of stuff that can go to the compost pile that I inadvertently started this morning while weeding the LFYG. I needed to do something with the holes leftover from moving the comfrey anyway.