Garden Part III

See how they grow! Have a look at just a few of my newly adopted pets.

Senecio Citriformis

Haworthia Fasciata (“Zebra Plant”)

Saxifragaceae (Hydrangea): Violet & Pink

And of course, my raised box garden a couple months in. I’ve thinned out all the weakest spinach and lettuce seedlings to allow room for growth of the big heatlhy ones. My Early Girl tomatoes have three buds growing, and the Roma plant has just one cute little guy growing on it.

I’m very excited about my leetle new friends. My desk has more cool tropical plants on it but I haven’t documented it quite yet. I’m using several super cool vintage gardening books that my friend loaned me to research and “study” the new additions. It’s pretty cool how these little plants work. They’re so sensitive and needy all the time. I had a hard time yanking out all the little seedlings in the box garden of course, because I tend to anthropomorphize everything that is small and cute; this results in making some gardening a bit of a painful experience. Weeds on the other hand can suck it. I have no problem ripping out those jerks…

To be continued!

Garden Part II

The lettuce, spinach, and my tomato plant are all doing really well, but my rosemary never took root. I think the seeds were too close to the surface, or are just too damn hard to grow. I think my next step is to take over the empty rosemary space and replace it with the lettuce and spinach, but properly placed instead of all clumped together. I would like to get some plumbers piping and make a sort of netted tent to protect it from ze bugz.

And my hydrangea plant that I’ve had for about 2 years is blossoming again! It’s growing really healthy and in the Spring it usually likes to put on a show for me in pretty pink.

Three Things I Love, Love, Love Right Now

New songs.

New Garden.

Tangerine Tree Photography…

…our wedding photographer as of Monday. Hooray! The picture will take you to the TT Photography blog, and it’s worth the trip.  I can’t really even explain how small of a world it is that I should ever have gotten the pleasure of meeting Sheri (the face behind the lens), but it’s good to know that magical things still happen. She and her husband Erik do this photography together, which makes them even more ideal for the kind of vibe I want to create on our wedding day.  They really do LOVE love, and they certainly love each other and their family, and it comes out in their photos. Double Hooray!