• What a great rain we had - yesterday afternoon, all night long, and on into mid-morning. Don't know how much rain we got, but it was sure a good one.
• So, now that I've talked about the wet, back to the dry: more garden expenses: We were at $42.15. Since then, here's what else was purchased:
• the 6 packs of plants from Wal-mart were actually 10: 2 marigold 6-packs and 8 pansy 6-packs. total cost: $19.80
• The 120 pounds of manure I put on the garden cost $4.80. Expensive shit, eh? This was purchased at the Westlake on Saddle Creek.
• Packets of mammoth basil, mammoth dill, and cilantro from Menard's: $3.43. The bean seeds were leftover from 2 years ago.
• $27.93 + $42.15 = $70.08. So the garden, including some lovely flowers on my front and back steps, has cost me $70 so far this year.
• My next "project" is going to be some kind of wonder-trellis made out of 2" metal studs and wood 1x2s (all stuff I've had sitting in the garage) - I'll definitely be posting a picture of that whenever it's constructed. For reals.