Sherlock and I wanted to go check out the new Simpsons ride at Universal Studios with RTY today, but apparently RTY had other plans, since she got into trouble this week. So, as punishment, we made her do yard work with us. All day. In the Florida heat.

Two or three weeks ago, she planted spring peas and tomatillos in separate pots. Holy toledo did they take off. I didn’t realize she planted the entire packet of tomatillo seeds in a tiny pot, so they are especially crowded. But the peas… oh the peas! They took off and even though I know she only planted maybe a dozen peas, we easily have thirty or forty pea plants!

And now we have a garden. We three worked an area formerly occupied by an ugly hedge. We spread manure, and transplanted most of the peas. Some remain in pots, just in case the ground is the dead zone. She and I also planted carrot seeds in our little garden. I have always wanted to grow carrots.

So now, with that little garden area and our many pots of seeds we planted, we have the following baby plants:

peas
tomatillos
peppers (you should see my peppers!)
artichokes (I now have four sprouts!)
leeks (probably a dozen sprouts)
pomegranate (we put another into the ground today from the seeds I planted 2 years ago)
onion (not sprouting yet)
zucchini (four sprouts!)

The onion and zucchini were just planted last weekend, so I’m thrilled to already see sprouts in one of those pots.

RTY also planted flower seeds in a pot up front that has seven or eight sprouts in it.

I love growing things!

The year I planted peppers, we went months and months without having to buy peppers. I’m hoping to have that kind of success again.

I’m so excited about RTY’s peas! I hope they recover from the trauma of me separating them out of one small pot and relocating them to either other pots or the ground.

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