Newly-planted

Out in the soft rain: the clover-and-grass seeds are being gently watered and so far the birds haven't found them. So far. That won't last for long, but hopefully there's enough so that both birds and lawn can eat their fill.

Mulching the beds in the raised garden. Also planted twenty gladioli, the picture on the bag showed a beautiful dried-blood red with a silvery edging: Gladiolus "atom. Plus six purple Iris sibirica, that after looking them up on the internet, I'm going dig up again and plant somewhere wetter. Oops.