After lots of rain, we've had a few sunny days and it's been great to get outside and do some major clean-up in the gardens. We don't have a front lawn but rather lower maintenance plants like flax, lavender, rosemary, etc. I also have some stock that keeps reseeding itself, and some alstromeria that have finally taken off and will be good candidates for dividing.

There is a lot of weeding to be done, and more pruning, but I got a good bit done today and DH got some done yesterday.

DD and I are going to go to the nursery and see what there is to see. She's wanting some gardening gloves for herself - she used to have pairs and pairs of them (gifts) but outgrew all of them. I want to go look at vegetables and herbs. Seeds are cheaper, and I usually talk myself out of buying plants, but we'll see what happens. I have five tomatoes going already but I'd like to get a few more edible things going.

--later--

We came home with four little seedlings: watermelon (have no idea where I'll plant it, but DD wanted to try to grow some), two bell peppers and a basil. Also got some seed packets - more basil, spearmint, green beans, chives and chamomile.

I won't get those in the ground until Wednesday at the earliest, most likely. I have two big pots with trellises in them that worked well last year for snap peas, so I'm hoping they'll be good for the green beans.

I have some rasberries that I'm watching. I see new little plants but haven't seen any of the old canes leafing out yet. You don't get berries until the second year, so I'm hoping the canes will produce.