From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
     too dry here the past few months.   
      
     first peas planted are up and growing ok.  in spite of   
   several pretty good frosts so these are hardy enough to   
   plant even earlier than i did but i'm not sure how much   
   of a difference that will make since as the soil gets   
   cooler they take longer to sprout.  still good to know i   
   don't have to worry as much as i was about them freezing.   
      
     the second planting of peas are just now sprouting and   
   at the same time i also planted some early beans to see   
   how they would do.   
      
     i wasn't sure if the forecast would swing back to cold   
   or not so it was always a chance the beans would not make   
   it but this was a test planting and the seed quality   
   wasn't all that great either (which is why i was willing   
   to risk them).  yesterday i went out to finish planting   
   that garden and there were at least three sprouts of the   
   beans coming up so they weren't in nearly as bad of shape   
   as they looked.   
      
     it only took me about a half hour to finish planting   
   the rest of that one area in the garden with a bunch of   
   Purple Dove beans.  i'm trying to do more block plantings   
   this season instead of intermixing/interplanting beans as   
   i have in the past (to encourage cross breeding).  it was   
   causing too many beans to be lost under other plants as   
   not all beans finish up at the same time.  in that short   
   time i was out there planting and then watering i did   
   work up a good sweat.  it's not even the end of May and   
   the AC has been running and i'm a wimp.  :)   
      
     also this season i'm not planting beans on the fence.   
   i'll put them in other places and prop them up somehow   
   or let them sprawl.  a few times in the past i've let   
   them climb up the lily plants.   
      
     we have our warm weather plants ready to go and should   
   get them planted out the next few weeks.   
      
     a lot of chances of rain in the forecast for today and   
   the rest of this week.  at last.  we really need some   
   good soaking rains.  the large drainage ditch out back   
   normally runs all season but it is flowing now at less   
   than a cubic foot per second, that's very unusual for   
   this time of the year.  it is too bad that i have so   
   many other things going on right now as with that low   
   of a flow rate it would be a good time for me to get in   
   there and do some rebuilding of some eroded banks using   
   all the dirt and grass that is in the middle of the ditch   
   where it doesn't belong.  not enough time or not enough   
   of me's to do that...  :)   
      
     the project i'm working on to clear along the pathway   
   and house drain cover i put down is just about done and   
   should be ready to be planted as soon as i need it.   
      
     a lot of weeding to get caught up on in the north garden   
   but that is ok.  it is easy to weed in there now that i   
   have a lot of plants moved to the edges and more of the   
   edges are covered with creeping thyme that helps keep   
   some of the weeds down.   
      
     my test planting of some sandwort worked out ok and   
   i'm finally seeing how the sandwort fares as a companion   
   planting with the thyme.  it looks nicer to me and the   
   thyme keeps the weeds down.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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