excited for leaves!!

It was a fabulous day today. The sun was shining. The temperature was perfect. Not too cool and not too warm. I decided that I'd better check the garden to see if watering was necessary and to see what happened since I was last there to take pictures on Thursday. I'm not sure if anyone else notices the growth but I was excited to see the leaves on the spinach, Swiss chard, and the tomatillos (pictured below). We'll have to see how they continue to come in, but I think they are going to need to be moved around a little bit to make room for each other as they continue to grow through the season. Tera and I were talking about the possibility of once the tomatillos are well established that we might think about growing some in a pot on my porch.

I was a little baffled when I got to plot #10 this afternoon to find that the orange bucket, intended to be our rain water catcher, was not where it's been for the last 3 weeks. Hmm, strange. I found the bucket (although the rocks and small containers used for watering purposes were not inside) and returned it to the corner of plot #10. Kelly came to the rescue and had a sharpie marker for me to put some identification on the bucket. I'm all for sharing but please leave it as you found it!

The two pictures above are general shows that I hope show that plot #10 is healthy and alive! I got notice this morning that last year's gardeners for plot#10 thought that they had the plot again and were surprised to see that it had been taken over by us. A little miss communication but all will be fine in the end. And the mystery plant that we couldn't figure out if it was a plant or some healthy weed turned out to be identified as sorrel. Mystery solved!

Rain is on its way for tomorrow and Wednesday so I may not make it there again until Thursday. Will update on the tomato plants, peppers, and ikea pots soon!