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It has been an uneventful gardening week. The plants seem to like all the rain we've been having.
Nasturtiums
Basil
Cucumbers
Pepper
Tomato Blossoms
Eggplant
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Everything is transplanted in the garden now. The wire on top of the dirt is to keep the cats from using it as a litter box. Everything except the one big tomato plant, the eggplant, and the lavender was grown at home from seed.
The rhubarb is also doing quite well. I had some trouble when I first transplanted it, but I think there may have been air pockets in the soil, and it didn't receive sufficient water. The plant sent up 5-6 flower stalks, and after I cut those down to the base, it took off like crazy. Maybe I'll have pie this year after all!
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So May is open enrollment time in insurance land, and my timely human resources department mailed me my information today. This is the time of year you can change plans without gaining or losing a family member. It is also the time of year they can jack up your premiums. My lovely human resources department sent me this very well crafted letter outlining these increases, hemming and hawing about how times are tough and costs are going up. Here is one gem:
After hours of working with the Committee and the insurance companies, with a few meaningful changes in the plan's co-payments, we were able to reduce the overall increase to 6.6%.
I first read that and thought, "wow, they worked so hard and reduced my costs! That is great!". Not believing that they reduced something, I read it again...
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I finished my raised bed garden today. It looks more like an engineering project than an beautiful organic garden, but I bet the food tastes the same. My seedlings are all grown up too. I'll post some photos of them later this week.
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