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Rabbits

…. are really only lovely and adorable in books.

In real life, they are mean things that deserve to be put in paella.

Yesterday, I had 6 beautiful, unopened crocus buds. We were looking forward to taking pictures and sketching them this morning.

Today, I have 3 crocus blooms, and 3 bitten-off purple stumps. I am not [...]

April Shower of Photos, Day 16

I don’t know what these are (yet) or I’ve forgotten; they’re right in the front yard welcoming guests [...]

April Shower of Photos, Day 15

Playing with photo [...]

April Shower of Photos, Day 14

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April Shower of Photos, Day 12

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April Shower of Photos, Day 2

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My Favorite Gardening Catalogs

Ongoing attempt to reduce the clutter around here…. getting rid of all my favorite gardening catalogs; yes, I have quite the pile.

The first part are all companies I’ve shopped from before; Renee’s Garden I ordered from when it was still “Shepherd’s Garden Seeds” which was bought by White Flower Farm. Papa Geno’s I haven’t ordered [...]

Wintersowing Journal

started 28 January 2008 and succeeding days:

Row 1

valeriana officinalis – valerian
satureja montana – winter savory
salvia officinalis – broadleaf sage
rosmarinus
pisum sativum – snow pea
perennial oregano
marrubium vulgare – horehound
spearmint
levisticum officinale – lovage
cress fine curled
inula helenium – elecampane
hyssopus officinalis
arugula – germinated week of 2/11/08, some died, okay again 3/25/08
carum carvi – caraway

Row 2

purple top white globe turnip
flowering chinese leek
bellis [...]

In the Past Four Weeks

- we traveled twice to St. Lou/Cape and back
- I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; The Omnivore’s Dilemma; Persuasion; Northanger Abbey; finishing up Mansfield Park today
- tried out Door-to-Door Organics and didn’t like it
- wintersowed roughly 46 seeds, with at least 4x more coming in the next few weeks
- changed our phone plan to something $10 cheaper and has an additional phone Continue reading In the Past Four Weeks

Wintersowed #1

I finished up the last of my seeds of the ff:

Mentha spicata – Spearmint – Plantation 2006
Rosmarinus officinalis – Fothergills
Marrubium vulgare – Horehound – Fedco 2004
Bellis perennis – English Daisy True Wild Type – JL Hudson 2004
Mirabilis jalapa unknown color 2005
Brassica rapa – Purple Top White Globe Turnip – Seeds of Change 2002
Rudbeckia hirta Gloriosa daisy [...]