Monday, March 04, 2013

The Universe is Speaking....

....and it's reminding us to hug our kids, appreciate our educators, and always be aware of what is going on around you.

This was my daughter's school day today.  Some jackhole parent showed up to confront a teacher, and brought a handgun.  Lovely.

HUG EVERYONE YOU LOVE AND DON'T FORGET TO TELL THEM LOUD AND CLEAR.


Sunday, March 03, 2013

From Garbage....Goodies!

Call me frugal, creative, cheap....but the thrill of getting something from nothing (or close to nothing) never fades....

Ever since I have been knitting socks, I have been SOOO reluctant to give up the small ball of extra yarn that is usually left over.  I finally bit the bullet and decided to do a Beekeeper's Quilt, and so the first hexipuff rolled off the needles...

I am only stuffing them with the tiniest bit of fleece...actually the leftover stuff I scrape off the drum carder and save as stuffing for fiber projects such as this...

And since the gardener in me so COMPLETELY finished with winter, I just had to be doing something green and food related, so I fished the scallion ends out of the trash and planted them.  In just a few weeks, we have this:
It's not the first time I have tried this, but I had forgotten about it, so I was reminded by this blogger, and it just happened to be on a day I was using some scallions!  I use much more of the scallion than she, so my ends were not much more than 1/2 inch, but it worked!

And here in Zone 5, it's about time to start thinking about seeds, so I planted leeks and onions, which need a good amount of start time before they get set out in the garden.  We made these little "greenhouses" with leftover containers with our 4-H group - what a great way to capture sunlight and warmth...not to mention easy transport to the garden when it is time for transplant...
This year I started American Flag leeks. ( Love leeks.....so good in soups! ) And the larger container has two types of onions: Copra, a good yellow storage onion in half, and Ruby Ring, a nice red onion in the other half.  The boxes are set in a window with southern exposure, and which happens to be close to a heater vent, so it actually gets warm enough to germinate seeds. (The rest of our house is kept around 62 degrees, and I often have to break out the heat mat for seeds...)

Spring is in 16 days and 2 hours....does it seem desperate that I know that???