Getting seedlings for the vegetable garden turned out to be a challenge. Because of the weather forecast, I waited until this week but I should have predicted that everyone would become a vegetable gardener while baking loaves of sourdough bread.
After waiting in a distanced line to get into the place where I usually buy seedlings, I discovered that most of the plants I wanted were sold out. I only got zucchini and a few tomatoes. On the bright side, I discovered the existence of "Campbell Tomatoes". They'd better taste mmm good.
Then I went to the larger garden centre down the road. I started waiting in their long, distanced line but bailed when I realized that the plants in my car would die in the sun before I ever got inside.
Heading back north, I noticed that a grocery store had a small garden centre in its parking lot. I scored big time there - kale, chard, basil, cilantro, arugula and cherry tomatoes. I'm still hoping for more seedlings but this should be enough to get us fresh veggies on a regular basis.
Last but not least, I bought my first tank of gas for my new car, which I drove home from Toronto just over 10 weeks ago on March 11. I still had a quarter tank left!
Somehow everything takes longer these days so I never got around to running.
As restrictions have eased in Ontario in recent weeks, it's been concerning to watch the Covid 19 numbers. Things are not moving in the right direction.
Ontario's Active Cases had plateaued after starting their downward curve. For the past 4 days, they've been going up again. (Click if you want to see the depressing fine print.) Let's hope that's a blip, not a real trend.
Hospitalizations have remained steady for the past few weeks at the flattened top of their curve (we hope). Some patients stay in hospital a long time. The good news is that ICU and ventilator requirements have decreased significantly.
And it's not good to see Rt above 1.0 again.
We're all eager to get back to something closer to our normal lives, and a lot of people are in trouble financially. I just hope things aren't moving too quickly.
Reference:
Dr. Jennifer Kwan on Twitter - a Burlington physician who produces an interesting collection of Ontario graphs each morning.