The Lay of the (Pot) Land (Post Stage)

My pebbled patio is replete with 60+ tiny circles, each surrounded by the unavoidable green algae and moss that emerges from yes, even cement during the dreariest of seasons in the pacific Northwest. The excitement that follows those now barren circles is simple delight in watching everything grow and (for the most part), thrive in their nondescript potting containers. Better yet, the possibilities to come in the following weeks and months.While we have been rain free for the past week, we have managed to get the beds cleared and staged pots into their permanent locations for the season! *Woot*  I thought it would look awful, but other than being majorly restricted to straight line side beds, it doesn't look too, too shabby.  Ordinary, but good.  Mediocre, but awesome for what those pots and plants will soon bear.

One week later, there are no fatalities and plants are thriving.  There is still a most abundant area for all the nightshades, and I can't wait until the foliage from all starts spilling forth.  "Container Gardening "One or None" still a "1" for now and hopefully remains so! :)

Original prestaging condition of the BackYard Pot Plots.

As We Make Our Way Out to the Sun

EWWW! Even the baby snails ran for high ground during all those weeks of rain. This is the top of the sliding glass door-disgusting.   I was really just fighting my way out of the door to clean all the glass.  It gets a little mottled after such a lengthy deluge of rain. 

They are smashed properly disposed of now. While the slugs were mowing the carrots, we wondered what tiny thing gnoshed tiny holes in the center of the nasturtiums.  Now we know!

These guys are not nearly as gross (or intriguing) as the giant African snails in Hawaii--just saying!

Break over--I just wanted to share the gross out of my current heebie jeebies! This is definitely not what one wants to find when cleaning all dirty rain spots off the glass!

Off to assess the rain damage to our little green friends. . .