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I suppose that works too. The main reason why I've never been a fan is the tendency for it to get very leggy and get a bare base stem.

But...I've heard enough from some people that that the leaves make a good bug repellent, so if that's so, then I will definitely be crushing and seeping some leaves.

On some wonderful March news, Its finally bright outside long enough for me to go outside and turn my neglected compost pile. What I was thrilled to see was that a good majority has been composted down and it actually looks like something that my peas and (maybe, another attempt) of sunflowers might actually like. I also bought some lavender and forgetmenot seeds. I've always wanted to grow them, but my ugly yard never got that luxury. Its till ugly but I'm hoping that this year that I can hid the terrible brick work of years ago behind some marigolds and nasturtiums.

6x1!! ooh that sounds so good! I wish I had something like that.

Oh no, its ugly.

All the bricks are crooked now and have become uneven through the years. My dad and my uncle put them in as raised beds YEARS ago, I'm 24 now and I think they put them in before I started school. I tried to pull them out and realign them last year, but some of them are so deep in and heavy I gave up :/

Not only that my dad is one of those "buy, plant, and not think about the future" gardeners. We have two maples about 2 feet from out back door. not exactly where you would want trees to be growing, not that close to your house anyway.

And he got some trumpet and two other vine cuttings from his friend, about two years ago, I've been pulling that invasive trumpet since them, ever since I saw it start to climb over some parts of the house that I didn't think needed the extra weight. (thinking about digging as far down as I can and pour some boiling water down there)

We also have two trees which he bought for the flowers when it bloomed but never though about pruning them or keeping them in shape, now one of them has stretched over into our neighbors yard and its scratching his RV whenever he backs it up. D: I would cut the branches off but putting a ladder in that spot its the worst. (I really just want to cut that thing down, its lost alot of its flowering and foliage luster, and use its branches as stakes)

I was thinking about doing that with the nasturtiums, but I've found that the holes are great to stick weeds and other debri in there for it to compost down. Its only results in a scoopful at a time, but it can come in handy sometimes.

Sounds to me that you do a lot of container gardening Pirhan, can you share some tips?

Those bastards! On Purpose=Money I guess.

Oh wow, look at that! Oh what is that rock pillar? Its awesome!

I tried some containers last year, but they all would end up getting baked. :I I ended up cooking my plants pretty badly.

Yeah, depending on where you live, containers are like little ovens. A super hot day here would be 30c which is 86f. Usually it's around mid twenties.

I hope all goes well with your plum. I have plum pits that I will try and grow this year. I collected them from a wild plum tree from a previous home.

Saturday I picked up my four containers. I left two at work and took the big long ones home. Of course today, the squirrel promptly dug a dozen holes in them:



Little did the rascal know that there is nothing in them and her digging in them saved me from turning the soil myself. Also, I just recently found out that I have two, not one, squirrel. Today one was eating some peanuts and the other one wanted to get some sunflower seeds and all Hell broke loose. They ended up screaming at each other and running around the deck and into our neighbours stuff. It's not like there's a shortage of food. rolleyes ANYWAYS, going to get some chicken wire and make a cage around the boxes so it can't dig in and kill my seedlings.

We borrowed my friend's truck to do the planter boxes. We also donated the old washer and dryer we had; it's really nice to have that extra space now. I washed the inside and vacuumed the truck too. My friend is a piggy.

Today I potted up a bunch of seeds and buried them in my snowdrift. I hope that they stratify and I get some sprouts in a month or so. I planted my magnolia, quinces, hazels and a bunch of others.

I made friends again with our neighbour's dog. He's so funny, every time he sees me, it's like a first meeting and he has to get to know me again.

Oh! And I did a work out. I've become quite flabby and it's starting to show and I can feel it. I'm sore now and will be more sore tomorrow but it's worth it. Going to start biking to work soon too. eek

Haha, no worries. How did your dress sprucing up go?

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I bought some new teas yesterday including a delicious "mystery tea". I saw it on the shelf and went OOOOH MYSTERY TEA and its fate sealed. It's a lavender, chamomile and spearmint? Or something minty with chamomile and lavender bits in it. It's quite tasty. I also got a chai which is good because I've been on a chai kick for a few months now and it's hard to get good ones here.

I also got a pair of utterly impractical but pretty shoes: link. Second hand and $15 with tax so I couldn't pass that up.

I topped up my one veggie box and put in onions and carrots. I dig out my other pots and put them out in the deck to defrost. They were really icy (blocks of ice) so I hope they're okay. I watered them so that'll help the ice go away. I'm a bit peeved at myself because I damaged my lilac tree.

I also bought $20 worth of seeds online. redface Sage, obedience plant, bellflower, echinacea, black hollyhock (omg it's gorgeous), giant yellow scabiosa and pink dianthus. All have at least 35+ seeds, so I'll have lots to play with. I got them mostly because I want to clean up the eye sore around work. The caretaker took a three foot hedge trimmer to the trees last year. Oh, it's painful to look at. Seriously painful.

Yesterday, I made two choker necklaces out of soda tabs and old bra straps. They are cuter than they sound. Don't have any pictures right now, though, so you'll just have to believe me. razz

Thanks. <3 Here is one of the chokers, and here's the other being doubled over to make a bracelet.

Also, since I found this in the guild, I made this.

I've also spent a lot of my free time today making paper beads. I'm pretty pleased with some of them so far. 3nodding