Okay, today was a pretty big day here for our Lil' Pump plots. We mixed the dolomite lime, feathermeal and greensand in one large bucket and Neil spread a measured amount on each bed. I followed him down every row with a cultivating fork. It is so much like confectioner's sugar on a brownie and then you make it crushed oreos, more on the chocolatey looking side... Then we planted our Red Clustering Sunflower seedlings and we direct sowed Marshmallow, Flax and Bronze Fennel. The greens you see are a vigilant row of Hakucho Edamame that was planted in March in Eugene when we didn't know we'd have anywhere to put it in the ground. So it is here in celebration! We've got four different varieties we are also planting at Biggie.
So, yes, so far those are annuals marauding in the perennial patch, but are for making concoctions and most are not interested in being transplanted. Neil also dug up another bed for his tasty Coffee Chicory project. They have tap roots and were very eager to go into the ground. We may plant our Cilantro/Coriander and the Epazote in the same area. We planted some other little patches of the red sunflowers, too. It rained towards the end of the day and we had another nice dusk rainbow in the east. Oh- 
and today when our mailman came by in his red pickup, he brought our first utility bill !! I get pretty excited to see that little pickup come rolling down the gravel road everyday with possible goodies, but who knew I could get so excited about paying for electricity? Well... it just was pretty neat to realize how much we've gotten done before ever getting our first bill here. It's exactly our 5th week here this Thursday night. (Happily the bill was pleasant since we've been very tiny in usage and lived the month without heat). 
