gardening days are here

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I spent the better part of yesterday out in the yard weeding and doing general garden-y type stuff. It was really luxurious to spend the day and enjoy doing that. Here's one of my gnomes, who has found a spot next to an archway with a climbing hydrangea which has just started taking off.



This is the shade/semi-shade garden. With things like hostas, sweet woodruff (which smells soooo good right now!), golden moneywort and lamb's ears, it's a nice happy gentle little garden. So the gnome fits right in.

The tomatoes are doing well. At least the ones I kept in my house. I think it was too soon to put the tomatoes into the greenhouse as the nights are still a bit too cold. Here is the difference....

Tomatoes that are still in my house:



Tomatoes that have had to brave the greenhouse:



They're anemic and just generally not too happy. It could also be that they're getting too much light. If anyone knows anything about this stuff, please do let me know. I should learn how to use my greenhouse soon, so I don't kill anything else. :-)

here are some chives I'd grown from seed last year. They came back without a problem, and are now flowing nicely. I love chives, because they're pretty, easy-care and you can eat them!



Speaking of eating, the square foot garden is doing very well. The seedlings are popping up. The radishes (in the foreground) came up the quickest, with the others following suit a few days later.



Mmm. Fresh produce. Yay.