We had rain come in Thursday - still raining this morning & will probably end up with around 2 inches. The rain should finally clear out later today. It’s been very cool - 50’s during the day, down in the 40’s a couple of nights.
I decided to plant my regular raised beds Wednesday, before the rain. Two are being used in the traditional manner & I have a straw bale experiment in the other two. I bought 6 tomatoes & some pepper plants & have kept them tucked next to the straw bales (warm from decomposing) during the coldest nights & they came through fine. Everything I planted looks great, even in the cooler weather. Next week it will be in the 80’s & sunny so the plants should start to grow.
The straw bale garden is just about ready to plant in mid-week. It is now growing a bumper crop of mushrooms, which is normal and a good sign that decomp is happening so the plants will have something to grow in.
I’ve had big grass bins set up to warm water during the day for the straw bales & realized quite a few birds are coming to them for water. This means they’ll have to stay full to the top - do not want any birds leaning in too far, falling in & drowning.
The garden is 100% ready to receive. I pretty much know who is going where right now and there is a RUMOR of two more raised beds in my near future for flowers. Happy, Happy!
A mish-mash of lettuces and leftover tulips and daffs with Alium soon to bloom.