Just a thought on radishes. I planted some rather late but they came on beautifully and when I pulled them they were spicy but not woody at all. They were like the radishes I remember as a child. I'm planting more because I just NEVER see them in the markets here. They vanished from the stores about 3 or 4 years ago, for unknown reasons (except maybe the ones we could get were tasteless and woody and nobody would buy them). My husband won't care HOW hot they get -- anyone who eats that many jalapeno peppers won't fuss at a spicy radish! Can you buy radishes where you are???

I have one of those. Mine isn't as dense as yours but it is getting some pretty long arms on it that nicely match the larger angel wing begonia that it is growing with. I think this plant is called Tom Ment or something close to that(I could be totally wrong about the name!). I believe it is a shrubby grower(don't know technical terms). I got mine at my local grocey store also! Manda in Seattle

Wow ! That heated up fast. Good going. Think I'll go outside and check my new pile for heat. Bill Hill

Several years ago a male Painted Bunting bathed in the birdbath, but I haven't seen one since. See Indigo Buntings most summers--none yet this year. The last two years I saw both an Oriol and a Rosebreasted Grosbeak visit my feeder for a few days in the spring, but so far not this year either. The Goldfinches are now in their lovely black and yellow summer dress. And there is a phoebe nesting under the eave of the storage shed as there has been for almost every summer for 30 years. I love to watch the birds.