As mentioned previously, I took Saturday off… but as much as I probably should have, I just couldn’t stay out of the garden for long. So Sunday, I got out there early, because it was hot, hot, HOT!

Gardening without kneeling is difficult, but I managed it. I got a few things planted…

Susannah Swan got planted up with some pretty pink sedums (from baskets I had last year), and a lovely apricot dahlia.

I’ve said before, I’m not a big fan of impatiens, but they are one of the few things that will grow well on the sidewalk garden that gets very little sun.

But these rose-like impatiens…. well I love them! There’s only one garden centre around here that sells them, and they are twice as much as the regular impatiens…but I think they are worth it.

They will fill out the spaces between the Heuchera and add some much needed colour to that area.

My half cask on the step got a begonia and some fuschia. It’s pretty much what I grew there last year and it did so well it was worth a repeat.

Then I moved to under the tree to get a little relief from the heat.

And now my little garden mirror/window has a planter of fuschia and ivy …

this will grow and trail as time goes on.

After that, it was time to give some love to all those seedlings I’d started.

Several things got planted out into the garden – squash & pumpkins, cucamelons, and yellow pear tomatoes.

The Morning Glories and Sweet Peas got planted into large pots with supports they can grow up.

But the rest of the seedlings weren’t quite ready to plant out yet. Instead, they all got planted on into pots…

And they are all sheltering on the porch where they can have a little more time to grow and get stronger before they go out in the big, hard world. In truth, with the exception of the squash, and pumpkins, while I got decent germination on most of the snails, they did end up a little leggy and weak. Not 100% sold that snails will be my go-to for next year.

After all that was done, I took a little break in the A/C for a bit, then came back out after dinner to plant some more seeds. We were past time to get the peas, beans, cucumbers and carrots into the ground.

And for some extra excitment, while I planted one bed up with my regular, reliable Neptune carrots…

I planted up an entire second bed with these colourful beauties!

There was still lots to do… potatoes and zucchini still need to be planted… and then there’s all those dahlias, and pots to be planted up… but that was about all my knee could take (and it was getting dark).

Monday and Tuesday were hotter than Hades (and there was much to be done on the INSIDE of the house), but Wednesday cooled right off. I used it as a sewing day (more on that later) but hopefully today I’ll be back out to finish those tasks. Its a good start to what I hope will be a banner season.