68F and mostly cloudy @ 21:00 with some evidence of clearing towards the west earlier.
Made up some more of the fine, sifted potting mix with vermiculite to help retain moisture and used it all getting three Bush Beefsteak tomatoes repotted. Left those in the garage due to them being small and the possibility of severe weather.
Have found out that using the peat pots is problematic as far as starting seedlings (acts like a wick and soil dries out too quickly) Probably mostly a matter of how I have been going about it. Probably better to set the peat pots in a tray and water the tray and let the moisture wick up into the pot.
Got all the squash and pumpkin plants watered ... just in time for the rain apparently ...
Woman didn't have anything planned for dinner and She's been promising me a trip to Eadies Fish House so we knocked off early and headed on down. She had the shrimp basket and I had their all-you-can eat fried grouper again ... but this time with an Ill Will Brewing's "Misanthrope Dark" which they had on tap ... which was actually pretty good.
I told her She could drive back ...
Currently feeling like a beached whale ...
Big thunderstorm came through and dumped while we were in there eating. View of the approaching storm from Eadie's parking lot as we headed in to chow:
Guessing they probably got more than we did here, local weather station reports only 0.32" just up the road from where we are.
Woman was just out picking slugs off Her dahlias ... she had gotten a dozen or so before I came in.
Squash and pumpkin progress:
Items on the right above in the peat pots are all green, red, and yellow bell peppers.
Couple of cucumber plants on right above, which were all that survived ... probably should start some more of those.
The ones above are the oldest and most mature - mix of yellow crookneck, zucchini, and some winter squash. Figure I have maybe two weeks before not having them planted in the ground will become problematic.
Next batch of starts, which I just took the clear cover off of today (seedlings were getting too tall):
Two rows of tomatoes, one eggplant, and three of green, red, and yellow bell peppers.
Some progress on one of The Woman's Elephant Ear plants:
Hope everyone had a great day ...
