Good Morning!

We received some unexpected rain last night.  Well I didn't expect it at least.  Maybe the weather report said something and I forgot.  Or maybe they predicted wrong, which is what happens fifty percent of the time.  Fifty-ish anyway.

I was a little concerned about Scruffy (my Sun Gold tomato plant) because the canopy was disassembled.  I noticed that water had pooled on the roof of his happy little cloche, and I happen to know that the roof is not totally sealed against water.  Here is what I mean: the two pieces of plastic that make up the roof are overlapping each other, but the seam is not sealed.  Hence my concern.  The idea of Scruffy having water poured all over his delicate, water-loathing leaves made me sad for him.  (That's what I get for naming a plant.)

However, when I dashed outside to dump out the water, I noticed that the soil and scruffy were unaffected by the puddle!  Hooray for Scruffy!  I do still need to make his cloche a little more airtight on top if I plan on leaving the canopy down.  Which I am now considering, since Scruffy seems to be pretty well protected under there.  My first choice would be duct tape, but I am fresh out.  I'm thinking I will just cover the cloche with the plastic sheet of the canopy when it rains until I am able to acquire some mega-tape.

Scruffy's house.  I snapped this photo from the comfort of my warm, soft, indoorishly-situated chair.  Also, the glass is covered in the children's fingerprints.  Mostly toddler prints, considering their location and size.  I should probably clean the window.  But their handprints are so dang cute!  I mean really! 

As you can see, I decided to be impatient (which is my usual modus operandi) and fill my dresser drawer with dirt from the kids' digging spot.  Not half as ideal as potting soil, but honestly, from what I hear about mint, it's practically a weed and will grow anywhere.  So I will give it a little miracle grow after it becomes established with true leaves and what forth, and then it will probably explode and destroy us all.  I decided to situate it next to the window so that I can observe the carnage from the comfort of my chair.

Minty dresser from the other end.  The cute end.  Look, drawer pulls and everything!  I hope they don't rust and become less cute.

In other news, I'm pleased to announce that Climby (my sugar pea garden) is starting to wrap her little grabby things around the trellis!  Look how cute she is, hangin' on for dear life, preparing to climb the strings the way a diver climbs a ladder for fear of shark attack...

Hooray for Climby!  Get away from the rare but deadly dirt shark!  Also, how does she do that?  Amazing.

And my big announcement for the day: little green bean sprouts are beginning to make an appearance!  Within their appropriate germination date and everything.  Last time I tried to plant green beans, they took twice as long to germinate as the package said.  At the time I didn't realize that late germination means stunted growth and crappy production.  Which explains why my green beans were stunted and crappy.  So I'm hoping this bodes well for the little guys.  And I guess I need to name the green bean clan.  Desmond they shall be!

Go Desmond!  Do the thing!

The end.