So far the garlic is doing well:
The cucumbers I planted sprouted, too:
I should have some watermelon starting in the next couple of days as well.
My second Goodwill gamble arrived; this is one I paid ten bucks for last month. Just inside the lid was a big roll of plastic mesh that I think is for latchhook work. In the auction listing it looked like fabric to me, so that was unexpected. Someone at the seller's end was nice enough to put a note on this pinned fabric. I'll put on my gloves before I take it out to inspect it. The embroidered green fabric turned out to be 1-1/2 yards of sequinned and three-dimensional designer fabric. I'll guess this cost somewhere between $20.00 to $30.00 a yard, and it's in pristine condition. But here's a shot of everything in the lot, which is mostly crafty odds and ends with a small amount of cotton fabrics, a large amount of synethetic fabrics, and some other surprises. The original owner of these was probably a Catholic school teacher; these beads, crosses and medallions are the kind of rosary kits for kids to make at Sunday school or Bible camp (and s...
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I brought my seedlings indoors for the last three days. We got a blast of that cold air that hit the north. I think they would've made it outside, but since I'm down to very few seeds I didn't want to take the chance. The seedlings I already had in the ground survived just fine.
I started pumpkin, but I think I'll wait on the watermelon for a couple of weeks so I can sow it directly.