Puttering

 Today I worked on getting a few more odds and ends out of the cold frame.  The first was the late seeding of the Candy onions.  First they got a haircut.  My camera wasn't sure what we were looking at.

Then I popped them out and shook most of the soil out of the roots.

I trimmed back the roots too.  Then you just get a pencil, poke a hole in the soil, stick the onion in there about half an inch deep and water them in.

I had a few spare Marigolds after planting the pole bean bed.  I just walked around planting them in any bare spot left by trimmed Daffodils or whatever.  I protected them with wire cloches until they can root in.  I planted four and still have two more to find spots for.

Here are a couple of updates.  The bigger grape vine is already tall enough to start training along the cables in each direction.

The replacement vine has some catching up to do but it is growing fine.

The combination pots near the fire pit are looking "decadent" just like the name of the Proven Winners recipe.  It is curious to note that the Black Cherry Supertunias are putting out a few blooms that are a different red.

The ones under the Pear tree are doing something similar.  That is something a hybridizer would consider a flaw and a sign of an unstable strain, but when I get variations like this in my garden they always seem just a little prettier than the rest of the mill plants.