Weekend Update

1.  It happened Saturday night.  I took the cover off to water and forgot to put it back on.  It wasn't quite the carnage of last year but I still lost 5 tomatoes, 4 peppers, and the tops off all the onions to a snack happy cat.  Peppers must be really tasty to cats because those are what got eaten last year.  There should be time to replant the losses.  They just won't have quite the head start as the others.

2.  I was surprised to find that the garlic that I planted last fall has come up and looks quite healthy.  It didn't come up before our first freeze in the fall and I had given up for rotted in the ground.  I hope we can get bigger bulbs this way since we get PLENTY of water in the winter but I can't seem to water them enough in the summer.

3.  One of the broccoli plants has gone to the field of green in the sky.  The rest are looking pretty good.  

4.  I purchased and planted some more spinach seed after all of the seed from the last pack failed to sprout.  That is what happens when you have to purchase from the hardware store because Parkseed put your spinach on back order even though you put your order in on January 12th and put it on backorder without bothering to notify you.  I have a bunch of other seed starting items I ordered that they haven't sent me forcing me to have to buy from a bunch of other suppliers.  This is the 2nd year in a row they've done this to me, and I doubt I'll be using them again.  The seed (when you get it) is quality, but the customer service sucks.  If they can't fill your order in the 2 weeks they promise, they should contact you to see if you want it on back order.  Instead they just string you along for WEEKS.  I ordered a warming mat in Jan. 2009; they finally got it to me in April 2009. By then I can just start it in the ground.