The garden beds were tilled this evening. I stopped partway through when I realized the molded plastic cover was vibrating off of the tiller, and went looking for a small bolt to install to fasten it back in place (chances are the original one vibrated off and is somewhere around the yard, never to be seen again.) If the next door neighbor was watching out the kitchen window it offered a little example of resourcefulness (they also are pretty good at fixing things around the house and yard). Tomorrow I'll head to the nearby nursery and see what bedding plants they have to get this year's garden started. I also have some seeds to start on the potting bench.

The red lasoda (Irish) potatoes are putting on foliage and I found a couple of shoots from a few small sweet potatoes I put in that bed. And in the house I have several sweet potato slips coming along (on potatoes I intend to bake - I'll cut off the end that is growing and eat the rest). Those will go in pots.