I took a risk as the weather ahead looks warm and bought 9 Shishito Peppers at Home Depot yesterday. I planted them today and need to get three more. I’ll need 4 more pepper plants to fill the second center bed. I think I’ll get either Melrose or Gypsy peppers.

I also planted Heirloom Arugula (Roquette) in the other half of the planter nearest the cucumbers. The other half of that planter has Pak Choi. In the middle bed, I planted two 2-foot rows of Burpee Cherry Giant Radishes and a single 2-foot row of Burpee Heirloom Crimson Giant radishes. If they won’t grow in the great soil in these planters, I give up.

I turned on the front spigot and tested the new watering system in the front. My life is simpler. There is a cloud of paper wasps surveying the front porch already. Time to break out the WD-40.

Since I was trying to get at least one project completely finished, I decided to go to the Jewel on Palatine Rd. and see if they had seed geraniums. They did and I was ecstatic, and I bought 40 at $1.98 each, which is the same price that they have been for the past couple of years. I managed to get all of the containers in the front yard planted and the porch cleaned. It is now ready for summer nights. Geraniums didn’t go in until mid-May last year and May 7, in 2023.