wine, corks, plants, and pumpkins...

Welcome to Wednesday!

 Among other things, we have been doing some creative gardening lately. My mom (yes, that master gardener marvel in Minnesota) sent me a picture of this, so I am only a copier and thief. I still liked the idea though, so I did it here. Lucy helped, but I need to teach her to read better or to know what each plant is, because she wasn't very good at putting the right marker with the proper plant. We are working on that though.

Someone else's photo. If I knew who I'd give credit.

Its pretty easy, just skewer and sign.

now the plants know what they are!

Also, the mongo pumpkin seeds sprouted! We planted them in their 4" soil blocks, so now we'll wait until the weather is fine (or until they are too large to be indoor plants) and move them to their new homes!

More weekend fun...

I know that this post title sounds familiar. I just get into a rut of it is fun and its a weekend, what could be a better name? I'll consult Roget and his wild, wordy thesaurus next week for a more capturing title.

Enough rambling...It was a quite enjoyable weekend. It started with a holiday party on Friday night with some friends, lobster bisque (made with fresh lobster), a light mango salad, butternut squash pasta, beef wellington, flour-less chocolate cake, '05 Domaine Serene Jerusalem Hill, and a small glass of 40 year port. Delicious would far short. Superb might get the faintest idea of these culinary delights. However, it would only make my mouth water in remembrance of what fun the taste buds had, so we'll move on to Saturday.

It was cold and pleasant out, so I checked our winter garden and everything is growing slowly. I didn't take pictures as you might call me an optimist claiming that they are growing. However, in my defense, a 1/4 in a week is still a 1/4 inch of growth a week. The dogs keep stepping on one side of the cold frame, so I made a make shift fence to keep them out. If this works, I'll make a nicer one next week. Then I sat with Lucy and dreamed of warmer spring days. Lady (our yellow lab) seemed to be doing the same.

Lady