Raining sand

Forecast for tonight has been rain for the last few days. Yeah. If you count the sand raining on my head, we have rain. Yee haw. Other than that, the wind is gusting up to 50+ mph, threatening to rip up the awnings and tear plants right out of the ground. Glad I have shelter for all the animals.

Sun shelters are doing a great job! Even giving some partial protection from the wind now. Last tomato plant transplanted still looks healthy, so moved another one in the same mound tonight. After the experiences of last year, I'm thinking of making half shelters for a number of rows in the garden. If the corn doesn't serve that purpose, of course.

We now have flowers blooming in the garden! Yay! Not many so far but some. Hope to see more before daughter comes over on Friday. Have more flower seeds sprouting inside in improvised seed greenhouses, made from clear plastic candy and donut trays. Means the dime seeds from Dollar Tree are very viable.Just started them on Sunday, I think.

This past weekend, I potted about 100 various seeds, aside from the flower seeds.

Some of the melon and pumpkin plants are getting rather large now. Hoping to have better luck than last year on those.

Okay, need to get to bed. Long day tomorrow.