So it's the end of April...

...and things are still growing.  New seeds have sprouted, other stuff is still lookin' good...  I'm optimistic for the most part.  I mean, it's still April, so even if stuff croaks, I still have summer to look forward to, right?

Well, shall we do the bad news first?

We have been experiencing some unusually heavy rains and cool weather.  Yes, even for Washington.  For the most part, things seem to be hanging in there just fine.  But the lavender seems to be struggling, and I'm not sure, but I think the green onions are also suffering.  The good news, of course, is that everything else looks good.  I was lame and didn't get pics of the onions, but we all have imaginations here.  Picture green onions with yellowing ends and you're golden.  Here are some pictures of the lavender.  It reminds me a great deal of the famous Scruffy during last year's cold snap.  So I'm thinking it's either too cold or too wet.  Or, who knows, maybe both.

Wind damage?  We do get the breezes periodically...

Aww, perk up, little lady!  It's not all that bad!  ...Is it?

Words go here.

Hey, I know what cheers everybody up!  Pictures of babies!

Cilantro

Have you ever gotten the identity of twins confused?  Well, don't ask me, I forget which is which.  But I do know that one is kale, and one is broccoli.  I confess, I'm not entirely sure what I was going for with these.  Mostly, I think I just wanted to plant something.  That happens with me sometimes.

Kale

Broccoli

I hope these don't get eaten this time.  I relocated them, so I'm hoping they won't be effected by whatever was eating their predecessors.

Now for some pictures of lettuces and radishes!  I admit, words are failing me right now, so I'm mostly letting the pictures speak for themselves.  It's a word fail kind of day.

Lettuce

Still lettuce...

Radishes.  Something thinks these are tasty.  Ugh, I'm so bad with pests.  I really need to do some homework on organic pesticides.  I was always bad about homework, and this is no exception.

Lettuce and radish.

It's getting radish-like!  I'm confused though, because I thought radish greens got bigger than this.  But this doesn't seem much smaller than what you get in the store.  Does that mean the roots are going to block out the sun when they are ripe?

The greens are only this size so far.

Now for some other stuff!  Garlic, spinach, chard, peas...

Little garlic sprouts are kinda cute.

I tried to get an exclusive with the garlic, but all I got was a leaf to the face.

Okay, these dandelions are getting ridiculous.  Someone should tell that lady how to garden.

Swiss chard.  I imagine these will need to be thinned again soon.

Hey!  Stop!  Stoppit!  I am not growing food for the local insects!

I said stop!

We'll end on an herbal note.

Rosemary is happy so far.

Oregano is plotting to take over the world.

Spearmint might be Oregano's cohort... we'll know more as time goes on.  Oh hey, look--there are the onions!  I got a picture of them after all.  I bet that just made your day, didn't it?

The end.