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I’ll be getting my package ready to mail off to Elizabeth today.
I can only show you a tiny snippet or two of her rust and white pages until she receives them.
I used both rusted fabric
and rusted paper to create my pages.
I hope Elizabeth likes them!!
Before I let you go, I just had to share these flowers…
I picked all of them from my yard.
Did I mention that I love flowers!?!?
Had to take a little break and check out how the garden fared after the high winds from last night. It’s still super windy!! Seems as if it’s either raining or windy these days.
The chicken wire is to try to discourage the squirrels from digging in the garden box. I found a black walnut that was beginning to sprout in there. I’m sure they are looking for more buried treasures. Little pests.
Also check out the beginnings of another small garden. We still need to put up fencing…both the chicken wire kind and the tall kind. There are bunnies that live under the shed so we have to keep the from getting into the all-you-can-eat smorgasbord. The tall fencing is to keep the deer at bay.
Stop by Kimmies for the list of Tea Tuesday players.
Since we were “blessed” with MORE snow today…heavy wet snow..over the top of rain and sleet…I was homebound. Not worth getting stuck, going in the ditch or getting in a wreck for basically nothing.
I decided I’d do my best to play happy homemaker.
I baked a double batch of spritz… happy spring colors of course.
And put a yummy roast in the oven.
I also had to try and save all the seeds J and I planted over the weekend.
We haven’t had a sunny or warm day since.
They were and should be here on the cart but it’s been so cold that I feared they’d rot instead of germinate. So….
I cleared space on the mantel and turned on the fireplace to warm them. Sad but true.
I’m going to move them back to that cart tomorrow morning since it’s supposed to be sunny….not particularly warm but at least sunny.
We’ve gotten tons of small yellow tomatoes. Also some Big Boy’s and the heirloom striped variety I traded with my friend for in the spring. We’ve also harvested a few green onions as well as some green bell and jalapeno peppers.
This is today’s sampling….
I’m pretty sure the striped variety are Tigerella tomatoes aka: “Mr. Stripey” from what I’ve seen online.
Anyone want to confirm that for me?
No, it’s not a recipe. It’s what’s been happening around here.
As requested (and because I’ve got nothing better to show you), here is our new aquarium. There are 9 current residents…6 platy’s, 2 corydora’s and a purple cichlid. We plan to get a few more in about a month.
And then there’s Bob, our Crowntail Betta. Our daughter named him “Prince (something or other)” but Bob just seemed to roll off the tongue better. He enjoys looking at art and my girl swears that he gets excited when she changes his scenery.
And finally…my tomatoes are starting to ripen, so the harvest has begun. They are so yummy!
So I’ve had great success with growth of our plants….but we’ve also had some pest issues. Such as DEER!!!
Whitetail deer are beautiful creatures and can be quite yummy when prepared properly. :)
All that aside…they are eating my plants!!! My hostas are down to nubs in the front and the buggers ate over a dozen green tomatoes right off the plants.
The garden is right outside the backdoor…like 2 steps from the backdoor…with a motion sensor light. Seriously…they are not scared!
The herbs and lettuce are above their reach with the rock landscaping below…thank goodness. The flat leaf parley is going crazy!!
Check out my spider plant appendage. It’s different from anything I’ve ever seen a spider plant send out before. The only thing I can figure is that I’ve never had one outside before.
The plants I’m going to over-winter in the house are going to be in for a bit of a shock!
I was thinking today that I’m going to have to make quite a bit of room. I have 2 miniature roses, a hydrangea, 3 pots of herbs, a gerbera daisy and the crazy spider plant to bring in. That would be in addition to the other 7 plants that already reside in our house.
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