#1 is a gorgeous lavender plant, was it WS just last year? I'm jealous.

#2: maybe it's a cucumber? What did you grow there last year, that may have splatted to the ground leaving a lot of seeds? (Or did you plant them there this year?)

Hi stage_rat! Yes, I WS lavender last year. A lot of my mini blind stakes disappeared so I have several unidentified.

The second one is a total mystery to me. Last year I had morning glory planted in that bed and a couple of nasturtiums. I've been pulling MGs every time I see them come up. This year I planted perennial sweet peas there. Then one day I look and bam, these things are there. They grew fast.

I agree with lavender. Second one looks like cucumber or squash. Because I do not turn my compost pile much I often get cucumber/squash seedlings in places that I use the compost.

Looks like a mg seedling next to the second slat.

Well that looks like the several dozen lavender babies popping up all over my yard lol! It's a beauty :))

Vera

That's Provence Lavender I do believe. I have it in my yard.