First of all, the surviving lettuces on my balcony have set flower:
Secondly, my Kickstarter for “Ravensdaughter’s Tale” finished the other day, not only fully funded, but also having made its first reach goal of $300! This means that I’ll be able to post “Ravensdaughter’s Tale” up on Smashwords as well as a new edition of Grizelda. I’ll send links when there’s stuff to see.
You can tell summer is here because I found fresh currants for sale at the co-op.
Here they are glowing in the morning sunlight.
The tomatoes on the balcony are ripening so fast that when I come home from work in the evening, they look oranger than when I left that morning.
Something ate my lettuce.
There was twice as much lettuce in there last night.
This is a balcony on the second floor of an apartment building. What could possibly have gotten up here? A bird with a taste for greens? A trapeze-swinging bunny?
Ever since I moved into an apartment with a balcony last summer, I’ve been itching to put a container garden out there. But last year the growing season was already well underway, so I’ve had to wait impatiently all through the fall, winter, and spring until the danger of frost is gone.
Now. Now is the time.
From the PBS plant sale I picked up two tomatoes (a cherry and a Roma), two bell pepper plants, one basil, and a hosta. I there are also some lettuce seeds and a pair of mots who you’ve already met. The mots are going outside for the season.
From the left: the basil and the bell pepper plants, the tomatoes
From the left: Mot 1, lettuce seeds, Mot 2, hosta, Mot 3
This is an east-facing balcony, so it’s iffy whether the tomatoes will make any fruits. We will have to wait and see.