Better Late Than Never?

When it comes to gardening, definitely YES! Well, within reason anyway.

So now I'm semi-retired. I have more free time than ever before, or so it should be. But even now, six months after leaving full-time employment, I'm still getting my act together it seems. The garden shows it, too.

Just today, May 15th, the seeds went into the ground. 21 different items or varieties are now in the soil to begin their work on producing delicious additions to our table. No indoor-grown plants at all this year; shame on me. I'll be picking up some 'maters' and pepper plants and get those in there soon. Then, a small fence will be added to keep the cottontails out.

At least the raspberries are thriving in the background!

Today's work should produce...

Item	Variety
Basil	Lemon
Beans, Bush	Roma II Bush
Beans, Bush	Golden Wax
Beans, Green Pole	Kentucky Wonder
Carrots	Little Finger
Carrots	Cosmic Purple
Cilantro	(regular)
Cucumbers	Delikatesse
Cucumbers	Early Russian
Dahlia	Unwin's Mix
Dill	Bouquet
Lettuce	Oak Leaf
Lettuce	Lollo Rosa
Lettuce	Rocky Top Mix
Marigolds, dwarf	Brocade Mix
Peas	Oregon Sugar Pod Snow
Peppers,  Sweet	Golden Marconi
Peppers, Hot	Santa Fe Grande
Peppers, Red Sweet	Quadrato D'asti Rosso
Spinach	Bloomsdale Long Standing
Swiss Chard	Five-Color Silverbeet

The peppers and basil should have been started indoors. I'm experimenting to see if we can get anything by sowing them directly to the soil here in mid-May. We'll see. Just to be sure of a supply, I'll pick up a few plants to add to the mix.

Kinda makes for mouth-watering anticipation, doesn't it?