announcement:

i was completely uninspired by the camp theme.

i tried, i really did. but i sucked it up Big Time. also, can we negotiate an every OTHER week theme? i don't have that much time for crafting. :(

sad story.

kittens and sunshine,
j.me

attempted urban gardening, take 3:

THINGS!
yesterday, i moved my green beans into the RealAndActual ground, because they were begging for more dirt and room to grow. yesterday, they looked like this:



today, it looks like THIS!



that's my little shining glory on the end. it is Taking Over. in capital letters. :)



friday morning i got up at 6:30am and took my mom to the airport to visit my father for their 30th wedding anniversary. i got back around 7:30am and really should've gone back to bed, but instead i got a little manic, went to lowe's and bought pots and potting soil and repotted all of my plants. black seeded simpson lettuce and mixed greens.



well, almost all of my plants. i am trying to not overdraw my checking account by purchasing flower pots, so some of these guys will have to wait. the left three big peat pots are zinnias for my mom, the small one is spinach, then black seeded simpson and another thing of mixed greens on the right.



repotted spinach and arugula. i'm hoping that they will flourish and spread when given more room...but considering i'm making all this up as i go along, we'll see. :)



aaallllllllll thooooooooooose plaaaaaaaaaaaants. welcome to my backyard garden spread all over my table.



update on the shoe hanger: i added spearmint to the top right pocket. i also changed out all the dirt for both of the bell peppers and they seem to be growing better now. i also added some better soil to the tomato.

i've had one ripe strawberry which gavin and i split...it was excellent. and i think now i want to make a little compact garden box and fill it with strawberries, because my two little plants aren't producing quick enough for me.

i've also been working on a baby blanket for my new little girlcousin...i don't have any photos of it yet, because i'm teaching myself the stitch as i go along.

okay, actually it's because i'm lazy and it's always downstairs. anyway...the garden is coming along nicely. and i am a little obsessed. *shrug* it happens.

j.me

attempted suburban gardening - take 1:

a friend recently moved in with me - an aspiring hippy, currently caught by the man. we have great conversations about living in communes and growing all our own food. with my current employed status, i find i have the funds to actually attempt this whole "growing" "things" of which people speak.

idea found here.



it's exactly what it looks like! a shoe hanger used as a planter...i went the cheap route and bought one with a fabric backing, but the front is plastic. this will probably end with two important results: 1) it won't work as well as an all-fabric one for the dripping of water from the top to the bottom and 2) it will fall apart much quicker. however, the price difference was such that i found it necessary to purchase the cheaper of my two options at the store. :)



i'm having to start all of my salad leaf plants off from seeds, so i've not been able to transplant them into the pockets yet. i would've provided photos of those, but how much does anyone want to look at pictures of peat pots with mud in them?



so far i have rosemary and tomatoes, yellow and green bell pepper [i expect these to fail], and a strawberry plant that i broke into two bits because it was already too large for one pocket.



mmm...strawberries! oh, and my helper. my incredibly helpful helper and the newest addition to my increasingly strange family.

i almost forgot the password to this blog!

so, i've not been very good at crafting since i started my [energy sucking] job.

and by "not very good" i mean "totally freaking avoiding." until i realized that I TAKE PICTURES! SOMETIMES THEY'RE GOOD!

as i'm in seattle right now in the throes of existential angst over living in kansas but loving washington, i figured i could share some of my favorite shots from the trip so far. that counts as craft, right?
no? well, hopefully i'll be finishing a baby blanket soon and working on planting some things when i return to the land of oz.
i can't believe i just made that joke.


the space needle, as seen from inside the science fiction museum/experience music project in the seattle center.


pike place market. kid thought i was crazy.


the beach in mukilteo, washington. and my father.



the beach in the park by deception pass.

these are my paltry offerings. oh, and this:



snoqualmie falls.