Yesterday I planted two rows of lettuce and a row of spinach. Honestly, I haven't put any thought into harvest times and frost threats but figure there might be some edibles out of it. To be even more honest, I planted the seeds mostly because I had an empty spot in the garden and wanted to fill it in.
My sole surviving kale seedling is pulling through and struggling to live. I'm giving it extra special attention and hope to let it get pretty big before planting it outside. Maybe a few more weeks.
I also severely pruned back one of our 3 thyme plants as they have all been getting super lankey. It was apparent that the low and thick woody stuff had some green leaves poking out, so I figured those would just become new branches.
In my front yard I bit the bullet and moved my small (~3 ft) redbud treelet this morning. Last night I dumped about 4 gallons of water on it to get the roots saturated. Plus we got some rain after sunrise. A lot of the roots were pretty exposed but I gave it about 4 more gallons of water and tamped the dirt down pretty well. I also added some composted cow manure for extra "umph", and mulch on the top to keep the soil moist. We'll see how it lives. I had to move it because I planted it too close to our walkway.
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