The sugar snap peas and the broad beans I planted a couple of weeks ago are up. It's about danged time - seems like I planted them ages ago. We went out of town from the 23rd to the 31st, and the first thing I did when we got home was run to the early garden to see what had happened while I was gone. Thankfully, the cabbage, onions, broccoli and brussels sprouts were still standing (no rabbits, yet - knock on wood), but only 2 of the bean seeds had sprouted, and none of the peas. I was beginning to worry. It looks like only half of the broad beans are up. Tonight's rain may encourage the stragglers.
The radishes are coming along, and I thinned them a little more today. The lettuce is showing itself, but isn't nearly big enough to eat. There's no sign of the larkspur, evil stuff.
I was pleased to find that the rosemary has over-wintered. I intentionally left last year's fall leaves and dried weed stems around it, hoping they'd protect it. Before we left on our trip, I pulled back the weeds and leaves and found dry rosemary stems, but no sign of life. Today, it has new green needles. I was also pleasantly surprised to find a very nice clump of green parsley among the dead weeds. I should've picked some to use for supper. Just now, as I have the thought to go back for some, the rain begins.
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