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dappling of shade
Mr. Progagation Green House
It was time to invest in a decent greenhouse or Anzuchtschale (as apposed to old Langnese ice cream tubs) and some sterile soil since last year my babies took a bit too long to get ready for the balcony chaos. For 12 Euro I got this plastic greenhouse at Samenhaus.de and 20 pellets from coconut husk.
We will be again trying to grow flowers, an herb garden and see if we can’t increase our yummy tomato and baby pumpkin yields this year. The flower seeds going into the greenhouse will be Portulakröschen or moss rose because we’ll need flowers that tolerate my forgetfulness. The next dry loving plant is the African Delosperma – Hardy ice plant or in German, Mittagsblume. I seem to get along well with succulents. The more attention seekers will be the Violets/Pansies (but I’ll call them violas, yay! in German: Hornveilchen) and the blue Forget-me-nots or in German, Vergißmeinnicht. We’ll see if I remember the names in both languages. I was very mindful that this year none of these flowers reach a high above 15 cm and cause our neighbor below to birth a cow at my front door.Whether the sage, thyme, lavender, and oregano survived this year’s winter is still up in the air. I know I killed my jalapeño two weeks ago by accident after I left it in freezing temperatures on the balcony over night so its seed brothers are going under the dome along with more cilantro, thai basil, and tarragon. I hope this year will be plentiful.
Tell Me Something Good
What da ya know, it’s snowing again and four degrees above freezing! I mean really snowing.
I wish I could ignore this thing which I’ve come to learn is known as Smarch weather, but I can’t. I frequently find myself glancing out the window with a stink eye. And those few precious minutes of glorious sunshine just aren’t enough. Visits to the human roaster, aka sauna, aren’t cutting it either. So tell me something good.
I mean, is it me, or is the whole world biting down on raw garlic bulbs? Well if that is the case, it’s time for a new perspective. I must admit raw garlic does look pretty good from this angle.
And even better, when roasted with thyme and rosemary.
What else could I say is good? Let me look around the house..
Hey! My heart-shaped Kerrii plant has finally grown a stem after 3 years of waiting. Ah, patience.
So got anything good to share?
short look back
Before we jet to spend two weeks on a volcano..
With the warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful winter solstice and a very Happy New Year, we wish you peace, good health and prosperity in the coming year.
A look back on 2008:
a turkey day meme and then some
Found this on Christina and Tammy’s blogs and thought the questions were kinda funny. At first they reminded me of Thanksgiving and then, well, you’ll see..
- Do you like potatoes? What kind? Yes and in this order: chips, baked and loaded, mashed with sour cream and butter.
- If you were dressed up in a fish costume and you went underwater and a shark saw you, what would you do? Pretend I was a dolphin. They can kick a shark’s butt.
- Does Jello make you happy? Jigglers did as a kid. The memory still does even if I don’t eat Jello anymore.
- If you could have any animal, exotic, extinct or other type, what would it be? I think I’ll stick with a puppy. I read Jurassic Park and know I don’t have the stomach for exotics or things extinct.
- Would you fill up a pool with pudding and jump in? It would have to be warm pudding. Sounds like a fantastic idea!
- When you are feeling icky with the sickness feeling, what is your first choice for feel-better medicine? sleepy time, I’m not a fan of medicine when my body can do the trick just as well.
- Do you count with your fingers or in your head when it comes to mathematical equations? Does waving a finger in the air count as counting with fingers?
- Do you have any key chains on your keyring? How many? What kind? I have a pocket knife Ping to gave me.
- What do you dunk your french fries in? Honey
- When I say “Moo I’m a duck” do you think of a cow or a duck?I think: When you say Moo, I say duck! Moo! Duck! Moo! Duck! ..um, What was the question?
- If you had the chance, would you go to the very bottom of the ocean? Why not? We know less about the bottom of the ocean than we do of outer space.
- Would you rather be in a hurricane or a tornado? If I could survive without a scratch? Then a tornado, out of curiosity. This Florida girl knows enough about hurricanes.
- Do you like pumpkin pie? Do you cheat and buy a premade one or do you make it from scratch? Heck, do you even make pumpkin pie at all? I like only my dad’s pumpkin pies, he makes them from scratch. I have to get his recipe!
Hope my friends in family back home have a good turkey day in Florida! Sorry to miss it again.
