Asparagus starts for the farm that are itching to be transplanted (but that we won't be able to eat for four more years), my San Marzano tomatoes plants, and some arugula sprouting. I'm anxiously awaiting for my tomatoes to develop, so that I can pick them, eat them, can them, and eat them some more. San Marzanos are widely considered to be the best sauce tomatoes, and I'm really looking forward to testing this belief. Especially over and over again in the dead of winter.
Not that I'm thinking about or looking forward to winter, per say.
We hung our clothesline a couple of weekends ago, a project that we've been meaning to do since we moved in. And I now smell each piece of dry clothing at least three times before it's folded in the hamper.
The pots in the background were full of hops plants, growing beautifully with their vines starting to wrap around the fence. My plan was to transplant them at the farm this weekend, but two days ago I caught a squirrel chewing through the stem of one of them. I shooed him away and upon closer inspection, I noticed that he had gotten to all of them, and mangled them terribly. Heartbreak.
Later on that day, my neighbour mentioned in passing that one of my cats has killed two squirrels in the past little while, and I couldn't help but do a little victory dance inside of my head. I really wanted to grow those hops. Next year.
When I was younger, I had a spring horse at my grandparents house. It was one of my favourite toys, and I often still think about it. Its image appears in my dreams frequently. Last year, Jenna and I went to the Waterford flea market, and I couldn't pass up on this one, for some reason. I love the colours, and the detailing, and the fact that the legs are actually wooden. I keep it in the backyard now for when younger visitors come over to play.
My lavender plant blooming again from last year, and the ground covering stonecrop that the previous owners must have planted. I was nervous about my lavender coming back this year, after reading that some people have difficulty growing it, but it came back bigger than ever. I'm really interested in trying to use it in different preserving recipes this summer. I really hope it blooms enough so that I'm able to try.
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Don't despair about the hops, it may recover. Ours is so resilient and, um, ambitious that we have to hack at it now and then to stop it from weaving its way into the garden and strangling other plants and bushes.
that tanooki is vicious!
It was Meatbulb! He's the killer. The count is 3 birds, 2 squirrels, countless mice, and probably a bunch of others that we haven't found yet.
Tanooki can't hunt to save his life.
I'm growing lavender this year pretty much for the sole purpose of hopefully using it in this:
http://www.washingtonsgreengrocer.com/blog/canning-and-preserving-summer-series-peach-and-lavender-butter.htm
And way to go cat! Hehe :)
Can we go back to Waterford this summer, please?
Most definitely! Let's go soon!
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