Coexistence - Round 2

I just can't seem to remember the new killdeer nest and so am startled every time I walk by and the birds freak out.  Once my heart palpitations quiet enough so I can hear it, the little voice of guilt starts whispering because I've disturbed the little beasts once again.  But then I realize that they endured us once, maximized their fitness by hatching all 4 eggs, and came back for more; so, I guess we aren't such bad neighbors after all.  At least we don't eat them or any of their 4 dear eggs.  Marian and Katrina are the gracious hosts this time - who will be next???

A Sign from Above

Amazingly, yesterday was the first time I had gone to the Community Garden to just garden. I was alone and almost as soon as I started working the soil, it started raining. Since I had nothing else to do while I waited for my son, I kept on gardening in the rain. Soon the evening sun came out and I thought "rainbow" - indeed, there was a little fragment of rainbow to the East. The next time I looked up there was a glorious full rainbow! Pretty spectacular garden we have! I had to dance a little jig right there - I'm sure everyone on University Ave. was looking at the rainbow, rather than at me! The irony was that instead of a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, there were golden arches.

I planted 12 tomato plants in the UU plot-6 large red cherry tomatoes and 6 lollipop tomatoes. I think some tomatoes or peppers had been planted there before in the little peat things, but the plants were all gone. The long stems of the tomato plants are buried in trenches oriented toward the middle of the raised bed. I forgot to take basil, but will plant some soon.