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feng_shui_houseEdit: And there's the last design I need to send off for a collection.
http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6085773-crocus-patch-butterflies-by-eclectic_house
Glanced out the back window and saw two cats in picture perfect threat poses on the other side of the pool. Excellent, says I, and runs for camera. I knew immediately which one was going to win the standoff.
Later I went to the side plot which had been smothered by the bougainvillea and began digging it up, keeping an eye out for any good plants amongst the weeds. Found a few more pineapple salvia. The difference between small salvia and a common weed is very subtle- they're the same size, same shape leaves, same paired opposite leaf placement. BUT! The salvia leaves are faintly blue tinged while the weed is faintly yellow tinged.
I don't know what I'm going to plant there- most of the seeds I started have either not grown enough to transplant, or grown *too much* to transplant... maybe I'll plant radishes. I had bought a bag of radishes two months ago and forgot it in the fridge until a few days ago- took it out, meaning to throw it on the compost pile, BUT one of them has sprouted. Such pretty little ruffly leaves. So I put it in a shallow bowl with a little water and put the rest on a shallow platter with a little water. The leafy one seems to be growing, but I'm waiting for roots before planting.
Oh, explanation of the post subject-- Mano a Mano is 'hand to hand', and 'manure' I read somewhere, originally meant to 'increase the productivity of the soil by hand work!' As in, digging it up, loosening the soil, so plants could root and grow better.
So, I'm out there with a shovel, digging up to manure the soil without adding poop.
Ok, break time over. ;^)
Oh, forgot to add. I made a collage of a few photos I'd taken of crocus in my yard a few years ago, before I neglected it. ONE MORE design needed to swatch!
http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6084763-crocus-patch-dew-by-eclectic_house
http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6085773-crocus-patch-butterflies-by-eclectic_house
Glanced out the back window and saw two cats in picture perfect threat poses on the other side of the pool. Excellent, says I, and runs for camera. I knew immediately which one was going to win the standoff.
Later I went to the side plot which had been smothered by the bougainvillea and began digging it up, keeping an eye out for any good plants amongst the weeds. Found a few more pineapple salvia. The difference between small salvia and a common weed is very subtle- they're the same size, same shape leaves, same paired opposite leaf placement. BUT! The salvia leaves are faintly blue tinged while the weed is faintly yellow tinged.
I don't know what I'm going to plant there- most of the seeds I started have either not grown enough to transplant, or grown *too much* to transplant... maybe I'll plant radishes. I had bought a bag of radishes two months ago and forgot it in the fridge until a few days ago- took it out, meaning to throw it on the compost pile, BUT one of them has sprouted. Such pretty little ruffly leaves. So I put it in a shallow bowl with a little water and put the rest on a shallow platter with a little water. The leafy one seems to be growing, but I'm waiting for roots before planting.
Oh, explanation of the post subject-- Mano a Mano is 'hand to hand', and 'manure' I read somewhere, originally meant to 'increase the productivity of the soil by hand work!' As in, digging it up, loosening the soil, so plants could root and grow better.
So, I'm out there with a shovel, digging up to manure the soil without adding poop.
Ok, break time over. ;^)
Oh, forgot to add. I made a collage of a few photos I'd taken of crocus in my yard a few years ago, before I neglected it. ONE MORE design needed to swatch!
http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6084763-crocus-patch-dew-by-eclectic_house
