An excerpt from an email to my sister:
Lots of things are coming up in the garden: sunflowers (I've planted 3-4 varieties, some ornamental and some with edible seeds), summer squash, pumpkin, zucchini, beans, peas. I planted even more last weekend, and with luck those will come up. One of my roommates put plant starts in some of the areas I seeded unaware that I had done so. Still, there was very little growth, I imagine, from the seeds after only a few days, and so I feel that many will still come up. I've gotten a few perennials seeded as well: lavendar, flax, daisy, black-eyed susan, chamomile, and of particular delight to me, baby's breath (the small white flowers often paired with roses). In addition to all of that, I've spent many an hour this past month digging up plants growing wild and transplanting them into our backyard. Of note: goldenseal, waterleaf, cohash, violet, jack-in-the-pulpit, blood root, spicebush (this is a tree-ish shrub that I hope can establish itself), daisy, buttercup, geranium,