Rainy Saturday

You know, one of the hardest things about blogging for 20 years is coming up with a new and engaging title every day.  Every single day.  Every single post.  

Sometimes, it just doesn't happen and you get something dumb like "Rainy Saturday."  I hope the post isn't just as dumb as the title...

OK, let's dive right in.  I noticed the one of the little banana peppers I bought yesterday had been pretty chewed up.  I'm sure it happened before I got it, but gave them all a good dusting of diatomaceous earth just to be on the safe side. 

Since we are supposed to get storms today -- nothing severe, but possibly heavy rains, damaging winds, and maybe even hail -- first thing I did this morning was to move all of the outside plants to the back porch

so that when the heavy rain started, I could move them into the house pretty quickly, which is exactly what I did when the first shower arrived.  Kindly ignore the state of my back porch.  Once the oak trees have finished dropping their tassels, I plan on pressure washing it and spraying it with weed killer.  

And I realize I don't really need to show you photos of the same plants sitting on my plant stand 

or my end table, 

but I took and uploaded them, so there you go.  

One thing I wanted to do before the storms got here was to up-pot some of my basil.  In order to do that, the first thing I needed to do was to clean off my potting table.  

Like any flat surface, it tends to become the gathering place for random stuff.  Yes, that really is a jawbone up in the top left corner. 

Pretty sure it's a deer, but I have no idea where it came from or how it got onto my potting table.  No matter, a few moments of organization and the table looks much better. 

Once that was accomplished, in very short order, I had 14 sweet basil seedlings nestled into slightly larger pots, which will be their new home for the next few weeks. 

Once this next cool spell passes, I'll likely leave them outside full time until I'm ready to plant them into their permanent home in the raised bed with the tomatoes and marigolds.   

I still have this many that I don't know what I'm going to do with them.  

I may just plant them at random throughout the herb gardens.  I'm reading the strong smell keeps away those critters that would eat my herbs.  And by critters, I mean deer.  They can be so destructive to a garden.  Oh, and I did shift some of those hydroponic sponges around and planted four tomatoes.  Well, really I put three seeds into each one, so it's 12, but I intend to have four plants when it's all said and done. 

On a similar note, the water trough I'd put out by the back fence for the deer has finally rusted through.  I've ordered a new one from Amazon that's made from heavy plastic, which should get here Thursday-ish.  

I'm thinking about drilling some drainage holes in the metal one and using it as a planter until it completely rusts through.  Maybe I'll plant potatoes in it. Or move these onions into it. 

Look at how much they've grown since I last cut them just ten days ago.  At this rate, I'm going to have more onion than I can eat!  Any locals need green onion?  Come and cut you some!  Just let me know it was you, so I don't think something is getting into my garden. 

In other news, I forgot to show you this yesterday.  I'd ordered it last week, and though it had arrived in the mail, I laid it on the counter and completely forgot to even open it until after I'd blogged.  

I still haven't bought the Bible study for season 5, but now that we're getting a little overtime, I can get caught up on that, too.  

I want to re-watch the first five seasons before season 6 is released in November. 

That one is going to be difficult to watch, so it's kind of hard to say I'm looking forward to it. 

But I am.