beans, beans

So ... CT's crazy rain has kept me somewhat sequestered during the week so imagine my surprise this weekend, thinking that I should find some bean poles just in case, that the Diggin Food Seed Swap beans are about 4-5" high. They were probably thinking that it was about time they got a little support.
I guess not hovering over plants like a mother hen gives more rewarding updates: the zuccini seedlings are a robust 2-3" high and the corn, although easily mistaken for grass at this early stage, is also 3-4" (a pygmy elephant's eye in some countries I believe, LOL).
I lost almost all my yarrow seedlings and 3/4 of my native lupine seedlings to the soggy humidity so am tempted to grow some more from seed.
Eggplants are being massacred by slugs so, after chatting with my mum, I outlined the edge of the bed with ash from the fireplace. Other solutions she suggested were copper rings, slug traps and beer plates. She discouraged using slug pellets because the birds eat the dead slugs and the poison. Not good for the birdees.
Started filling up the new raised bed - I got one grasscutting compost pile froma year or so ago and two large piles of leaves shovelled into it - so got the garden cleaned up and the bed almost filled into the bargain. I will top it off with top soil from the brick patio.
Pics to follow.

Rain, rain go away

So, June 22nd and we are pushing 6" of rain for the month and almost rain everyday. Interestingly the sump pump in the basement has only just come on in the past two days so the water table must've been very low.
Of course, getting into the garden to plant seedlings and generally work has been nigh on impossible. Some of my seedlings are rotting in pots becuase of all the excess moisture in the air - we need a good few days of hot sun to dry the poor blighters out or I am at risk of losing all my lupine seedlings - they seem to be the most sensitive.


So this weekend I took on the projects that I could: finished building my custom raised bed (I have to admit it looks sweet!), planted out last of my seed packets - mainly wildflowers and natives - mowed the grass (Front is looking the best yet since I went organic) and tarted up part of Bob's patio by putting stones that come up in the garden around the euonymus.
Slugs or some critter is massacring the eggplant - I might have to get some of that finely ground stone to put around the plants to keep them off - but I noticed with excitement that the zuccini seeds have sprouted.