It's been a busy week, but "pretty much" everything is now planted. Now we can just sit back and watch it all grow. Or we can lay out the drip tape, re-install the solar irrigation pump, fill up the row cover bags, layout the row covers, etc. etc. The work never does really stop, especially when the growing season happens all at once. Here at 8700 feet plus, our growing season gets underway in June and will wrap up in September. We've found that we have to be as efficient and timely as possible to take advantage of every good day. Sowing the seed is certainly the most important step and it is always good to get that done. We've tried planting earlier, but it seems like things do germinate, but then just kind of convalesce waiting for the soil to warm up-- all the while getting hammered by our persistent winds, frosty nights and occasional torrential downpours and hailstorms. It makes sense that plants want to germinate and then take off growing and we just want to do our best to facilitate that. So, off to a good night's sleep with only slight thoughts of "what if it doesn't rain?.........