I took the afternoon off today and decided to put the edging on my cosmos bed. I’d enlarged and reshaped it a bit one day when it was the only soil not still frozen, but hadn’t finished removing the grass because I wanted rain to rinse off as much soil as possible; the soil down there isn’t half bad, considering the neglect. I had hoped to finish it, get it planted and throw on what mulch I’ve made so far, but…crabgrass. Fuck crabgrass; it all just needs to die. Anyway, I did at least get the edging done, so there’s not a whole lot left before I can plant. Whole lot of rain for the next week, though, so I dunno. Roughly 15′ long, 8′ wide, roughly an ellipse, so about 94 square feet.

I found roughly a brazillion worms, but also a few of these guys. Carabidae larva, I believe. Very speedy for a larva!

I also have…a phlox. Just one, but there’ll be a few more. Pretty!

P.S. The little seedlings down there are jewelweed; I finally remembered to look, and they’ve got their first set of true leaves.

P.P.S. Almost dark, had to use flash.

Small marjorams in the Bee Happy bed.

Possibly even smaller…goldfields, also in Bee Happy bed.