It was an amazing day to garden. The sun was in full force and I hoped the on-shore flow would move in. From the distance, I saw the faint marine layer. I spent most of the morning planting new roses in my independent project. It was hard to figure out the color scheme and what roses to let go. In the end, I planted 4 old David Austin rose bushes. Well, they have living in the nursery pots for many years. As I was about the thin out the leaves of the other rose bushes, I almost took the life of this ladybug as I was stepping on the lemon balm.The lemon balm smells great and it is looking lush. It is on the border so I sometimes can't help not stepping on it. The humidity level was so low yesterday, I made sure I watered the garden deeply today.
My garlic chives are in full bloom. The lacinato kale is tall enough so the bottom munchers don't get to the leaves on top. My leeks are taking off. I can't wait until they are thick enough to harvest. I cut the borage plant back, pulled all the lettuce out, planted zucchini seeds, and pruned the side of the rosemary bush. The last pea plant came out. Hot dry weather and snap peas just don't like each other.
There was so much kale that I had to put my harvest in a cloth shopping bag. I usually pick my kale early in the morning or late in the day. The taste is different. You should not pick certain vegetables in the heat of the day. I guess I will be making kale chips for dinner. My work at the garden was finished finally around 3:30am. I started at 9:45am. Feels great to weed and take care of things I usually can't during the work week.
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