Miniature Wisteria Vines

 Hi Mini Friends!  I will admit that I am not skilled in miniature plant making.  Never have been.  But I felt like I wanted a Wisteria vine on the outside of my Apothecary.  I found a floral pick in my stash that I think was bought around Christmas time.  I snipped off some of the bunches and painted them in shades of purple.  I also used a leaf punch for leaves.  I only have one leaf punch and realize that the leaves are far different in shape than real Wisteria but it works for me.  I appreciate imperfection!  I also added a couple of twigs I found outside and some moss.  I really like the way it turned out.

Thanks for visiting!  Have a great day!

XOXO ~Laurie

h-aloe

Aloe Vera.   I love having this plant.  I can't remember a time in my adult life that I have not had an aloe plant... or five.  They are wonderful and extremely handy.  I've repaired many, many skin burns with cuttings from my plants.  The plants that I have now, although they are younger, are actually descendants from plants that an old friend gave me in my early twenties.

I had some extremely large plants that I "let go" one season.  I felt horrible killing them.  Honestly, it only took one good Tennessee frost/freeze and they were gone.  But I did get my enamelware tub back that they had taken over.  That thing had to have weighed eighty or more pound with all of those in there.  Shaun had to help me move it several times. 

So, I have three very small, very overgrown pots of Aloe.  I decided, since I have cut back on my plant buying this year and have several pots of dirt sitting around from last year, to separate the babies.  Once I pulled them out of the pots I was a little shocked yet not surprised at how many plants were shacking up in those little pots.  They divided up quickly and I had to walk around the porch and look for more pots.  Which weren't hard to find.

While some people will tell you to buy certain dirt or soil test... blah, blah, blah... aloe don't care.  I plucked them from their tiny abode and stuck them in that old dirt and I tell you they will thrive.  The only thing is... I now have seven pots of aloe instead of two.  And I have one more pot to go.  I am not promising that they will all come inside for the winter this year.  Please don't call the plant police.

There were seven plants in that one little pot.  One of them was not healthy so I let it go :(

My camera battery went dead so here are pics from the ones I transplanted last Saturday.

And one more to go.

Around Here

Well Vicky Darlin... this one's for you.

Around here... it's the last day of Spring.

There's a black candle burning in hopes of Spring returning next year.

I'm looking forward to the heat.

To pickin, canning, hanging out and enjoying life.

There's flowers blooming on the porch.

And indoor plants bathing in their summer vacation outside.

Tomorrow is the first day of Summer.

And I can't wait.

It will go by way to fast.

These first pictures are a few from this Spring.

Since I've been too snooty to share!

Or maybe too busy to care.

Either way... while lids on peach preserves are poppin in my kitchen...

here they are.

The new job is going great.

Thanks for askin!

I've missed you too.

If you want to know what any of the plants here are just ask.

Bet you can't name 'em all.

The first full moon of Summer is tonight.

And I'll be dancing naked under it.

I suggest you do too.... at your own house.... preferably after dark if you got neighbors.

Just thought I'd share that.

lettucesubatus

I don't know where or why I made that word up... lettucesubatus.  It just goes together in my mind somehow... twisted I know.  I felt the need, and mainly since I have the covering over the back porch now at the DC, to begin lettuce seeds.  Some of them do great in the colder climates and don't go to seed as fast.  Especially if you can keep the frost off of them.  So I started what lettuce seeds I had hanging around the day care last week in little paper Dixie cups and a plastic zip up thing to make a little greenhouse.  This was towards the end of the week and by Monday I had completely leggy sprouts.  Not enough so that I felt I needed to start over.  I am excited for the new growth though.  I planted Red Romaine, Spinach and some purple lettuce that I saved the seeds from that I can't remember the name of.  It will be several weeks before they go outside.  Even them though if we have a bitterly cold night I can bring them inside.  Kind of a perfect little plant world... someone looking out for them.

One of my kids at the DC gave me this for Christmas.

I also started some wheat grass for Tommy.  It sprouted in just a day or so.  I took the seeds last year from my father-in-law's field by our drive way.

Woops!