Splish Splash

Not a lot has changed in the last week.  Still raining.  Of course this is nothing new around here.  It will be doing this for the next two to three months, with some sunshine seeded in to tease us.

The sky is cryin'...

Gloom and gloomier...

I think it right to say that the PNW is awfully darned beautiful, even when drenched.

This calls for more coffee.

Speaking of seeds... nope, nothing yet.  It's only been a week, so it's rather too early to hope for seedlings, with weather like this.  But I do, at the very least, hope they are germinating.  The soil is well drained, so I have that going for me.  But the soil temperatures are what I'm really wondering about.  I always see on seed websites that the seeds need the soil to be this temperature or that in order to germinate.  So are people out there with thermometers, testing their soil?  I have a feeling they're not.  So how do they know when the time is right?  Just curious.

Moving on.

The rain stopped long enough for me to clean out the last flower bed.  Go me!

If I understand things correctly, the sage will grow back.  If I did it wrong... well, I'm told it's impossible to kill.  I guess we'll find out!

So with all this rain, I've had gobs of time (figuratively speaking) to daydream about what I'd like to be doing in the garden right now, but realistically probably won't be able to do for quite some time.  You know, the planting, and the sitting out in the sun watching things grow, and the peace of a summer morn...  Anyway, I want to add a bag of potting soil to the little corner bed (pictured above), and another bag to the plant bed that runs along the side of the house.  Then a couple of bags for the foot locker, and another bag to fill my grow bags.

I'm not sure if I mentioned the grow bags in any previous posts.  I bought some reusable grocery bags, having been told they work great as budget grow bags.  I figured at fifty cents a piece, I might as well give it a shot.

Last night I started thinking about hanging the grow bags on the fence, which would look neat, plus keep it high and away from little fingers.  I wasn't sure a full sized bag would be strong enough to support the weight of all that wet soil, so I decided to cut one of my bags in half and turn it into two skinny bags, each with one handle.  This was the result.

Very baggy!

Jeez, that top stitch is horrible!  I think I will do it differently next time.  It will still hold something, so it'll do.

I'm not sure how I came to the conclusion that a bag with two handles will magically be more durable if divided into two bags half the size, but each with only one handle.  Someone out there with brains is probably rolling their eyes right now.  Stop it.  Just stop.  Haha, anyway, I'm going to find some cheapo hooks for the fence.  It will be an experiment.  Herbs or something.  Or bag carrots.  ...Bag carrots?

The end.

P.S.

I know how you feel, kid.