For once the rain saddens me instead of invigorating me. I have an entire packet of watermelon seeds to plant, two packages of onion sets to plant as well as 2 pepper and 6 tomato plants I need to get in the ground. May is nearly over and this makes it frightening as to whether or not these will have time to grow and produce. Was this year's investment a waste? Time will tell. For now though I do have the blackberry bush in and it looks fairly good with some new growth on it already. It holds the promise of berries for next year. Perhaps a few this year. Who knows? The raspberry shocked and has gone brown and dry. Come autumn I shall cut it back and hope for the best for next year. Should it stay brown and dead looking I will have to pull it up and think of what to replace it with. Perhaps another blackberry bush? In the round raised bed I have my 3 tomatoes and 4 pepper plants. The peppers are being slow to grow but the tomatoes are over a foot tall now. Thick and not too leafy but leafy enough to have my hopes warmed by their progress. On the other hand my marrigolds are dying and I am at a loss as to why. I hope to pick up some epsom salts next week to add to the garden beds. This will give a little boost to the plants I think.
In the meantime I look out on a very gray and dismal world of rain.
