2nd day after the first quarter. Indoors I started 3 pots of American Seed table squash, and 5 pots of last year's table queen squash. They did well last year, planted directly in the ground, late May.
Outside, I planted the south 15 feet of Montana, and the west 7 feet of Iowa in FM Alaska early maturing peas. Temp in mid 30's with no wind this AM, mid 50's, 10-20 mph SE wind this PM. 6 eggs.
My daughter left a book here on her last visit, "Composting Inside and Out" by Stephanie Davies. I've been composting for many years, and reaped the results for my garden, but haven't been as serious as I could be.. I sat out in the garden and read about half the book this afternoon. She explains the process and different methods suitable for city and country. Composting is not just for gardeners. I learned some new things about the process and the benefits of composting. Just as gardening illustrates birth, maturing, dying and rebirth in a single year, composting illustrates the necessity of death and decomposition in the nurturing of continuing life.
The second half of the book deals mainly with earthworms. Ms. Davies is also known as the urban worm girl. Who knows? I may get serious about that too.
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