The Strawberry Garden Has Gone Gangbusters

Well, for me, an incompetent gardener, this is gangbusters.

We picked strawberries, pulled some quackgrass, and enjoyed the sunshine between all of the rainstorms. Yes, the rainstorms Cantore predicted have arrived, and we put in some marigold seeds and basil seeds before they started.

Something else that's on my mind at the moment is: is this roma tomato the little tomato that could? Or is it toast? I purchased this from Meijer and probably shouldn't have, but I'm a sucker for the underdog. It looks dry, but it has been receiving plenty of water. What do you think? I actually have two roma plants like this; they're about a third of the size of the rest of the (clearly healthy) tomato plants.

Random, exhausting observations and actions

• Birds have built at least 6 nests in the deck.
• There's lots of poison ivy in the field at the back of the property.
• I cut some old daisy waste out of the sunflower garden.
• I'm cultivating the vegetable garden (garden 3) with a small handheld cultivator.
• The first lilac flowers are blooming from the large monge lilac - they're so pretty.
• First strawberries are appearing.