Hola & Hello!
It is very very windy today.
Leaves twirling and swirling around. Mister and me running around, making sure the garden nooks are safe. Mad hair blowing in the wind.
I tip-toe over to my little enclosed space where I seeded grass last week...
Make sure you whisper...
There are baby grasslings sleeping...
And soon, they will grow strong, and make another lawn to hide out, and picnic in.
Pretty fun stuff for the desert.
I am so heartily thankful for well water. (which I use carefully)
We rather mashed last year's lawn to bits with the
Dancing and all...
Oopsie :)
I am almost getting carried away dreaming of this year's tea party.
Will you be able to make it? I sure hope so. It shall be madder than ever.
(I will announce the date etc, next month)
Alas, I almost veered.
Let me get back to spring springing in, and all that...
So, I am spending overflowing goblets of time covering all the sprouts, making sure they stay safe. Anything covered in dry brush is my attempt at keeping the birds away. (I also have burlap covers)
(Although the birds have already munched most of my 300 sunflower sprouts (sniffle), that's okay, I'll plant some again.)
So you see, below doesn't look like much...
But come on over here, get a little closer, and I shall show you something..
Hidden, growing, smiling...
Sproutlings!
This year I bought thousands of seeds, and made my own flower garden seed mix. I hope it works. (I bought some of my seeds at Swallowtail Garden Seeds, including oodles of hollyhock seeds - fingers crossed)
I also used harvested seeds from last year.
And, I put in two vegetable gardens.
For a total of 10 gardening spaces so far.
Some small, some large.
I know, nutz.
I have been so busy.
But it is worth it in the end, you know?
I plunked the seeds from my rotting Halloween pumpkins into the ground, and they sprouted in 4 days.
I discovered that trick last year, when I planted the seeds from a badly rotting pumpkin. And then, proceeded to get about 30 pumpkins from those seeds.
I need to start thinning out the sprouts today.
I am showing you the brush covered areas, so we can see if the growing babes make it, and what the after might look like in a month or two.
One of my vegetable gardens below...
Doesn't look like much, eh?
But get a bit closer, and yippee :)
I have all sorts of properly covered areas...
And just look. Lots of cuties.
I am not sure what pleases me more than growing things, and baking things?
I am torn between the two...
Maybe growing wins?
I hope that the moonlight enchanted my sprouts into growing big and tall and strong..
Now all I have to do is, try to keep the critters out, in the friendliest way possible.
Not an easy task.
Mister Lovee says that since this is the desert, and there are very few people with gardens, all the critters are drawn here for a buffet.
Oh, Great!
:)
So, here is a shot of the gallery today, with the wind overturning things. And, we'll have to wait and see if it becomes covered with sunflowers, and more, like last year...
A 2 year old, climbing banks rose, has its first bloom.
Tiny lovely little thing.
A garden is pure hope. (and hard work)
With lots to look forward to.
I wanted to end this post with a proper family portrait of the boys.
But, they had other plans...
They would start to sit still for a photo op, and then Miles would attack. Matty is so so good with him. Such a total sport.
Alas, it didn't pan out as planned :)
When they finally decided to sit still for a photo, I held my camera up, and they both changed positions, and did something goofy... (can you hear them giggling?)
Silly monkeys.
But lovable all the same.
ps: I just L O V E this...
(Plus, Nie and her babes = happy Tears)
