While the weather was great this weekend, I was only able to get a few hours of gardening in, but I got a lot done. I'm still fighting the gout-weed in the front bed under the porch. Some of the bee balm has been a causality of this war but there is plenty of it left and I'm sure it will recover. But I'm hoping this will be the last time I need to apply the weed killer. I'm hoping to mulch the bed this week at some point and then move on to cleaning out the main front yard.

The plants I purchased from Territorial arrived this week. I bought two osteospermums (which are one of my favorite flowers next to nasturtiums) and they arrived in great shape. They quickly went into a planter on our front steps. I also planted many more nasturtium seeds and have begun hardening off the nasturtiums that I started indoors. I planted some sweet peas on the porch too.

Most of my other indoor seedlings are doing quite well. Some of the plants are getting attacked by aphids and they seem to be causing some damage. So I've applied some hot pepper wax to kill the aphids off. But it looks like they may have killed one of my tomatillo seedlings. Which really sucks, because I only had 2 sprout out of the 3 seeds I planted. You need two plants to get fruit, so I may now have 2 open squares in my veggie garden for other things. But that means no salsa verde again this year. My tomatillos only did well the first year. Last year they got some wilting disease and died, and this year the seedlings didn't even make it. Oh well.

Unfortunately the Siberian Tomato that my partner bought me didn't make it either. I was planning to put it outside this weekend (the instructions said to wait until the nighttime temps are over 36) but it is pretty much dead. I guess it didn't like being kept inside (since the Philadelphia Flower Show) for so long.

Out back I added some compost + manure to the un-planted beds to get them ready for my transplants. Meanwhile my lettuce is doing great as are my peas. My radishes, beets, and carrots are doing well but are still really tiny. But they have been taking a beating from a neighborhood cat or squirrel that apparently enjoys digging in my beds. Needless to say that's the death of many seedlings. I've lost two cabbage plants, many carrots, some beets, and peas this week due to said animal. Grrrr...

The spinach isn't doing so hot. Only about 1/2 of the seeds actually germinated, and the ones that have have only grown a second set of leaves. I was hoping they would be much further along by now. But maybe once we get some steady warm weather they'll pick up.

Due to some veggies not sprouting or getting dug up, I've planted more carrots, beets, radishes, and peas. I still have 2 living cabbage seedlings, but I don't think I'm going to plant more. I'll probably just pick a plant up or two from a garden center - maybe another cabbage or some broccoli.