Days When The Rains Came.

I feel good this morning, even after lots of physical work. The rain is back, and the news is about potential flooding up north, where the heaviest rain has fallen. The local creek was high yesterday, but it was a controlled release. Some miles to the east there is a dam, and you have to trust that those dam people know their stuff. A low farm field lies to the east, and that would fill up first. Historically, the "main" road, a block to the east, remains dry, even in the worst floods, so my house is in the safest possible spot, in the center of where the first settlers built in the 1830's. I was finding artifacts (including flat terra cotta tiles and bones) as I was digging trenches yesterday. This spot is an archeologist's dream.

In The Near Future

My next project will be to add compost and roto-till a few spots in the vegetable garden, a spot in the front yard, and long strip out by the street, in the new sprinkler zone.

The sunniest spot will again be for tomatoes, and there is another partial garden bed for jalapeno peppers, green beans, and maybe Ichiban eggplant. The two spots outside the garden, will be for flowers. There were beautiful yellow annuals in the yard last season, and I saved the seeds, so now I can plant those flowers in a number of places around the house.

The winter grass that's already growing in the new sprinkler zone doesn't look bad, and last year's compost is not completely ready for use on a lawn. I plan on re-seeding that area with commercial grass, but for now, I'll hold off.