Excitement Ahoy!

More babies on the horizon! That's right guys, the seedplugs are sprouting!!!

Now first you have to understand, my eyes are not so great to begin with, so I'm pretty proud of myself when I get those tiny seeds all measured out into only 2 seeds per plug, but the chamomile seeds? Nono, those things were almost smaller than pinheads, so I merely got what I could in and was fairly certain only a few would come up since the seed packet was mildly old. This my friends... This means I was right mistaken. I now have over 20 chamomiles making residence in my 4 seed plugs. Well more babies for me! I have to do some research and find out how they grow with companion plants but it shouldn't bee too difficult. But in addition to those babies who have been up for approx. 2 days, I now have some thai basil making its appearance! YAY! Baby Basil is so exciting I have to say. Bijou, the lavender is also making a wonderful rebound form her purchase state and already has a few new sprigs coming up. Such a great start!

Oh yes, so many great things that these are only the things happening in MY house. The garden at work has been doing even better! The grape hyacinths are up and beside their bigger bolder cousins they look magnanimous! Its a great addition to the garden, however there have been some requests lately and it looks like I'm going to have to work extra hard now to get the front and back really nice. Not sure why, but hey!

ALSO! The Crumpacker/Lovell house is in full bloom now. Chives were so unruly they were in desperate need of a hair cut, which I of course am pleased to supply since I have adopted them as part of my herbal repertoire. They are so nice with their hair trimmed. Hopefully the buds will come up nice and strong this year and I will get to press a few of the flowers. I could put them in the book with the others! So exciting. On top of that, the lavender planted there last year, the one I couldn't keep because of his fuzziness giving mom allergy problems! He's got new sprigs as well!!! So proud of my baby!

This spring is going to be a grand thing. Already planning out the big box. So long as I keep my head up and above the water, I'm hoping it will last.

Bring it on Spring!

So I spent this week at home tending my sickie sister yet again. I have not seen my little people or the garden, but I can imagine its doing well. As of Thursday last week this is what the flowers looked like, hopefully tomorrow we will be completely updated on our possible hyacinth births! There is also the corner now that its free of rosebush!




Also I have been working on making windchimes! The last one was origami right? Well this time I made a flat windchime that rest against the wall and I made it of stones, an old watch, and a big butterfly ring.

Babies!

Well I know its been some time since I last reported in, but some of you might not realize, we actually how CAN'T you realize! just how nice its been outside. It literally still is the winter months and I'm sleeping with windows open at night. This is a grand thing everyone and just over the last few days at work I have great news!

Because of the lovely days we've been having I have been enjoying some time out in the garden with the kids during work, cleaning out all last winter and falls leaves, only to reveal... BABIES!

These are the hyacinth bulbs that I had planted last autumn. I planted eight and they have all arisen! Along with another 40 something bulbs of babies that are happily springing forth with tiny buds. On Saturday I also worked, but I spent some more time in the garden and I happy to report NO MORE ROSEWEED! People can claim all they want that rosebushes are nice, I think they are scrappy and annoying. I yanked them forth after a nice hard rain and tada! The bench corner is now ready for some mass lavendering! So exciting.

Tomorrow I will draw a scheme for the rest of things, but we have a great amount of work ahead. We were given the go ahead for the front yard as well. Time to get working!