It finally stopped raining this week, or as Cheyenne put it, the sun isn’t broken anymore so I was able to get out to my garden. It had gotten pretty weedy since I planted and I began to realize that with some of the plants, I really don’t know what is a weed and what is a seedling. The mesclun was obvious. The entire square is carpeted in small, pretty lettuce leaves. The summer squash, zucchini and carrots were pretty obvious too. After wandering around the garden looking at other people’s stuff I figured out what the pea shoot looked like and rescued it from a tangle of other vines.

I’m honestly not sure that any of the cucumbers sprouted and one of my tomatoes died. The same is true for the cilantro, Thai basil and parsley. I just can’t tell. I pulled up the obvious weeds and left the rest for this weekend. If I still can’t tell I’m probably going to pull everything and just plant something else.

I was finally able to plant all my seedlings at home this week. The girls helped with that. They were so excited. What looked like a lot of plants when they were in my kitchen doesn’t appear to be nearly enough on the patio, though. That is a good thing. I really have a lot more space here than I thought. I am planning to hit the farmer’s market this weekend to find more plants.

I don’t think I’ll do more than break even this year financially, but it’s a great learning experience.

(photo by sleepyneko via flickr)