Saturation

While the soil has warmed up enough for things to grow, the lack of moisture is still a problem. The soil in the north garden still has a high concentration of clay in spite of all the compost and mulch. It does have enough organic material that it remains loose. However, it's difficult to get water to penetrate down below the surface. The deep soil is moist and I've been watering the surface. In between that is a dry area. So tonight I watered very heavily, until the first few inches of soil were saturated. That does also help drive the minute particles of mulch further down into the soil.

Didn't get all the spinach planted as planned but some of it. I was tired.

Also went ahead and planted about 10 pumpkin plants. The roots grow really fast. Even though the leaves had just shown above the surface, the roots had coiled around the bottom of the cups. So planted and covered them well with mulch. Gives them a chance to harden off naturally.

Still haven't gotten my fingerprints done. Now they say they don't do contractor prints on base any more. They want the agency to pay for it. Called the agency but they're dense. Hope to get things straight tomorrow.