Re-planting

After we harvest vegetables there is new space to plant so I spent most of the day planting. I planted lemon basil, lime basil, and purple basil; I can't wait to taste the lime basil.  I also planted parsley, dill, cilantro and garlic chives.  I then planted some decorative gourds and few pumpkins as well as another row of beans and some more cabbage. I found some mushrooms growing in the compost bin, this is a very good sign.  Seeing fungal growth means that the compost pile has perfect conditions for decomposition.  The thermometer reads 115 degrees, it sure is heating up fast. 

I spent the rest of my day weeding, there is always plenty of that to do around here.  As it gets later in the season and all the vegetables get a little larger they will help shade some of the weeds and it will be easier to keep them down but until then I have nicknamed my right hand herbicide.

The eggs in the Robin's nest still haven't hatched, I am getting a little nervous because I have not seen the robin in a couple days. John told me that it is not that uncommon for that to happen, and a lot of times they will shove the unhatched eggs out and re-lay eggs. I guess we will wait and see what happens, I will keep checking.  On the other hand, I did see some baby robins nesting on the ledge above my door. 

The iris' have started to bloom, they are such beautiful flowers