Frosty in my lap, “helping” me with the knitting. You can see the tips of the needles between him and the camera.
I told Ron I love this photo and I wished he could see it. I'm leaning over Frosty, who's in my lap.
A view of “Heatherworld”.
Oh no! There's a cat in my yard!
Frosty “helps” in the garden. Plants are covered due to a cold snap.
An easy way to cover a tender plant when frost threatens. I cut the bottom off a 2 liter bottle and placed it over the bay tree. Popsicle sticks support the bottle and keep it from blowing off.
Garden bed 5. The gallon jugs and upside down trash can cover frost-sensitive plants. Collards are thriving in the front row.
Garden bed one. Once I harvest the greens, I plan to put in some “good” edging and extend the bed to 4 feet deep. Collards, thyme, and various greens. The plant wrapped in the purple blanket is a “Homestead” tomato - which does well in the deep south.
Garden bed 4. Collards, onions, lemon balm, various lettuces, and chard all live in happy harmony. Compost/storage area is behind the garden bed, and potted bay tree's off to the left, between beds 3 and 4.
Garden bed 3. Lots of onions and spicy greens in the bed, along with 6 romaine lettuce plants, 2 collards, and a “Juliet” grape tomato in the back left corner. In the mid-back, a clear plastic bucket warms the soil for my vining summer squash, which I planted a few days ago. A bottomless 2 liter bottle (I cut it off) covers a tender scented geranium.
A potted “Kentucky Colonel” mint, between garden beds 2 (left) and 3 (right). Garden bed 5 is visible behind the mint., and one is visible on the back right.
Garden bed 1, with the cover off the tomato. It's a “Husky Red Cherry” - which performed very well last year until the hurricane flattened it.
Garden bed 1, with the cover off the tomato (Homestead). The big green plants are parsley, and collards. The smaller plants are a combination of spicy greens and chard. The edging's ready for installation once I harvest the greens, and the black plastic will kill the bermudagrass in the front of the bed. I plan to extend the bed as I install the edging, so I'll have a total of 80 square feet total.
A side view of garden bed 5. Bottomless plastic containers cover my scented geraniums from frost. They love their little greenhouses and are thriving.
The old thermostat
New thermostat mounted, labeled wires have not been screwed down yet.
All screwed down now. It works great now.
Bubba's assumed some of Frosty's duties.
The Frosty Memorial garden. Potted jasmine by the lattice, edging in the front, tray of plants in the back left corner.
My garden out back. Garden bed 2 is front left, garden bed 5 behind it, bed 3 is front right, rolling cart (in trash bag “garage”) behind it, garden bed one in the far back right.
Close up of my “Kentucky Colonel” mint. It likes the compost.
Garden bed one. Note the larger plants, and the mulch stacked up behind the bed, by the fence. The plastic wrapped thing is my “Homestead” tomato. Lows in the 40's for almost a week does not equal a happy tomato, unless I protected it.
Garden bed 2. Collards are taking over, and the tomato is well protected. Note the mint is between beds 2 and 3.
Garden Bed 5. The upside down bucket and cut off milk carton are protecting cucumber seedlings. The large green plants are collards, and the red plants are lettuce. I have 3 scented geraniums in the bed as well.
Garden Bed 3. Mixed greens mainly, the upside down pitcher protects a vining summer squash, and the cut off Dr Pepper bottle protects more cucumbers. They seem very happy, and didn't mind their greenhouses one bit. I need to start harvesting!
Garden bed 4. Mostly Collards, some onions, and red lettuce (hard to see but visible by the black groundcover). I need to put the edging you see into the back border of the bed. The Emerald Edging is the only stuff worth buying.
A close up on some of the plants for the Frosty garden - all white flowers. I have a mint and a lemon balm already planted. The white flowers are Tasmanian Violets and Impatiens. Mint, Lemon Balm, and Violets are all considered invasive plants, but it's surrounded by concrete on 2 sides and grass on the other 2. If you look closely, you'll see my frog statue in the back. He's missing 2 legs, but I still think he's cute.
A scrap knitting project, simple garter stitch, with black borders between colors. I've had a lot of fun with it. Extra bonus: Heather's messy living room.
Bubba spends a lot of time sleeping in my bed these days. Such a sweet boy, it's easy to see why I love to spoil him. Yes, I also sleep with a stuffed toy. Bubba likes to roam at night. I crocheted the afghan you see in the foreground, my own pattern, about 15 years ago.
Peppers and eggplant in my bedroom window, under a grow-light. The tubes are resting on top of some jars of whey protein powder.
