I had a bad case of the "Well, I ought toos" this weekend, and didn't do much of anything. Also didn't enjoy not doing much of anything.

Some weekends are just like that, I guess.   

Took two days to get an already neat house dusted and swept. (and the kitchen sink still isn't scoured, nor the kitchen floor mopped, but I will do that-well, probably-, just before I go to bed tonight. Some of the trees that have been cut down here are still coppicing. I thought about going out and cutting them back to the trunk. It's the thought that counts. Right?

I did get the birdfeeders topped off and the pots watered. Both of the potted tomatoes are doing well. One is a "Better Girl" and the other a "Sweet 100" cherry tomato. None of the fruits are starting to lighten yet, so it will be a while before I have tomatoes also. They are apparently getting enough sun to make it worth planting in a raised bed next year, which is good to know. And if they are getting enough sun, bush beans should also. The kale is doing much better in pots than I thought it would. I notice it is doing extremely well in the deeper pots.

The big oak on the northwest corner of the property is, as it happens, the power company's responsibility and they are sending someone out to evaluate it. If they don't take it down, my neighbor and I will. When it comes down, I think that might open up another spot with enough sun to plant summer veggies on the opposite side of the yard.

I might eventually end up with a decent 2 person veggie garden after all!

I think I am going to gather heuchera and daylily seeds this year, and probably Japanese anemone seeds too.

Bobert, those two azalea seedlings are just in 4 inch pots. Aside from the fact that I still don't know where I want them, I'm much more likely to tend to them, and the local loose dog is much less likely to burn them up if I grow them on in pots until fall, or even next spring. Should they be rootbound before I move them up? Can I go to a gallon pot, or should I move them to a six inch, and gradually increase the pot size?





I spotted several baby toads (1 1/2 inch long) concentrated around my garden shed in the back yard. Do toads eat slugs?