Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Spring has sprung and so am I.

“Spring has sprung and so am I.”

~John Prakapas


Oh, sweet Jebus, spring has finally arrived and I can finally plant all the greenery that I’ve been lusting for all the torturous winter long!


Yesterday, after my beekeeping class at Garfield Park Conservatory where I picked up some veggie seedlings, I trudged around the muddy, freezing and drizzly grounds of Gethsemane Gardens to gather the makings of some of my new projects: a twilight (or moon) garden AND a shade garden emulating the woodland foliage of Michigan (I made a little inspiration piece that I dug up in Mom's backyard (see the saucer planting)! These plants actually start to shine in the evening. Now I won't have to worry about missing out on my garden just because the sun sets! My inspiration came from a lovely book by Lia Leendertz called Twilight Garden. Nerd Alert: this winter I categorized my prospective plants on an Excel spreadsheet and plotted out the winners on graph paper in the shape of my back porch. Nerd.


Michigan in a saucer!!!

The whole gang (below)!

Now, if only the temperature would become warmer so that my threshed-up fingers could plant...sigh. Right now it's 43 degrees. Soon, my babies, soon!




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