Fibermania

Up to my ears in the garden

The weather is so fine and I seem to find more places to plant things. In my mind I keep thinking I should be getting back to the studio, but it doesn't work out that way. Still in my pajamas I find I need to plant more basil, since the seeds I planted in the back garden are just doing nothing, I resorted to the same spot in the front where the plants flourished the past two years. I will fertilize to make sure these seedlings will have a good start.

Speaking of fertilizing, I am guilty of reproducing watering cans, which correspond to the number of bags and boxes of plant food and Miracle Grow collecting in the potting shed.

My plants are just doing great without the extra food, at least I thought so, until I visited the Signal Hill Nursery where I saw just what a little Miracle Grow can do.

Un. Be. Leafable!

 There is a bit of the competitive gardener within, so today I will mix up some growjuice and see if it makes the big difference.

A pair of darling house wrens have set up a nest in my flower pot in the shade of the jackmanii clematis. Five little eggs nestled in the warmth. Momma Wren is usually there to protect them, but lets me sneak a peek every now and then. I tiptoe on the porch and am gone in a second.

For today's flower, we have the perennial Johnson's Blue Cranesbill, aka hardy geranium. Long and leggy, but florferocious! There are several varieties in the collection, including a little one called Tiny Monster, perhaps tomorrow's flower.