Shifting gears in the garden

Overflowing! I water them in our walk-in shower. I move each tray to the shower and use the hand-held shower-head.

Looking ahead at the calendar for this week I have obligations every day except today: Field trips, picking up fingerling fish, birthday parties and a trip to distant cemeteries. I might be able to wiggle out of the field trip and that will give me two days when I can work.

The heavy blue line at the bottom of the chart is 32F

I moved some of the seedling trays outside. I put them in the sun in the morning and then move under an over-hang at night where there is slight protection from the frost. We might be past the danger of frost but the ambient temperatures are not conducive to rapid plant growth. The air is cold. The soil is cold.

The Mexican Tarragon (Tagetes minuta) that I interplanted between the blackberry starts are very visible after transplanting most of the blackberries

In spite of those issues, I moved some perennials out of seedling trays into their permanent homes this weekend. I also watered various 2026 transplants (blackberries, gooseberries, asparagus, iris, lovage, rhubarb) since our total rainfall for May has been 0.0 inches. That has been great for the farmers racing to plant their fields. It isn't so good for tiny plants that have been transplanted. Tiny plants have tiny roots that can't reach deeply into the lower, wetter soil horizons.

Today, God willing, I will be planting acorns and pecan seed-nuts. I expect it to be slow going because I will be planting into unmown sod.