5/15
More setbacks
Only three of the watermelon seedlings made it outside, and I don't know how they are doing (what with taking care of Mom, it's hard to get outside and check)
They soybeans that were already sprouted are still there the last time I looked but nothing else has come up. On the other hand I also haven't seen signs of digging, so the seed should still be down there (though given that the rice bean seed was imbibed before I sowed it, it should have come up by now, and if it hasn't I fear it may have rotted.
Taking care of Mom also means there hasn't been time to do the last part of the gardening cycle either; turning over the actual vegetable garden so I can plant the corn. In a pinch I could sow it in the back or in the unoccupied part of the circle (both of which ARE turned over). But corn really doesn't work well if you can't put it in a block of decent thickness.
Then again, it's not like I have a lot of seed to start with (well actually I do have a lot but I don't have a lot of any one thing. I have probably a few pounds of corn kernels, but that is divided between something like 30 or so different grexes; each chosen for a different trait. So if I plant more than one of them I risk messing BOTH up)
Tomorrow, weather permitting I will at least take out the non-growing tomato pots to the back patio. Maybe some time in the air and rain will coax some growth out of them.
I may put out the herbs as well, before their little pots become too small to contain them.
The bindweed like think collapsed overnight (I think it may have been damping off)
Still waiting on the seed from Thailand, of course. I'll have to see (based on when it comes) if it goes in this year or next.
When that does come, I found an Australian seller on ebay that may be of some use. He appears to have 22 different strains of lablab beans (there has to be SOMETHING in there that works here!)
BTW does anyone know anything about a yard long bean strain called Galaxy White? This guy also has that, and it might be of interest since white podded cow peas seem uncommon (back when I found what became Coals in the Candle, the person on the forum said he had never seen or heard of a wax cow pea)
I'm always looking for day-neutral versions of normally photo-period sensitive vegetables (especially beans). I know of one other day-neutral lablab besides the one I already have; who knows, maybe there are others out there. 
