In the Garden

 It's finally stopped raining so today I work in the garden. I have to get the ground ready and transplant plants that I started in the house. Some of these plants are getting to big for the pot that they are in and now are falling over.I grow my plants under a "natural light" or "full spectrum" bulb and boy how they grew. Some of these plants I will have to put in bigger pots and still keep them inside for another couple weeks until all chance of frost is gone, the rest are ready for outside.
  I tried Cayenne Pepper to keep the squirrels away and found it to work pretty good. Someone else told me that squirrels hate Marigolds, so I will put out a few around different spots in the garden. If nothing else, they will add some early color to the garden. So far, the plants that are outside are doing well. In some cases, they are actually growing as fast as the weeds. We should have radishes in a week to 10 days. The early lettuce should be ready by Memorial Day, the peas soon after that. With the price of produce in the store, I can't wait to go to the backyard and pick something for dinner. I miss being on the farm and growing almost everything we ate. We always had a garden, we raised our own meat and eggs, we only had to go to the store for staple goods like salt and flour. But that's a life style that's not as common as it used to be and my health won't let me work like that anymore even if I wanted too. I guess it's called progress.