The rain this weekend made for a messy but productive time in the garden. Planting gets muddy, but weeding is easy-peasy.

hot peppers, bordered by marigolds.
the bed to the left has been sown
with the carrots seen below, pink radishes,
and is speckled with volunteer dill
from last year’s planting.
This year’s hot pepper varieties: ghost, trinidad scorpion, carolina reaper, red and orange habaneros, jalapeño M, and jalapeño F1.

trying to max out the garden to prepare
for hiked up food prices.

pink brandywine, and black krim.

and lush and evocative.