Vegetable planting is done. (Other than one delicata squash I need to harden off. One set didn’t sprout in the initial batch, so I replanted.) There will be a little more flower action, but the backyard is pretty much done for now. Just in time for the heat.

I’ve been plugging away with gardening tasks after work this past week. I laid out a second bed, which is going to be for herbs and pollinators. (Eventually, this will be all one long bed, but baby steps to that.) And then, I’m rather ridiculously proud that I set this up all by myself. The