I haven't updated for a while, I've been feeling under the weather. I feel like I have the flu, although I don't, and all I want to do is lie down, but women aren't known for allowing themselves to do that, are they? We keep putting one foot in front of the other, bad as we feel.

I filled in some bare spots in my peas today. They're doing great, I just didn't plant them thick enough. And since I got the Farmer's Almanac and read on the signs for planting, my seed potatoes are still sitting. It says the next good planting time for root crops is April 13. I don't know if I can hold off that long or not, seems awfully far away! But my neighbor plants by the signs, her mother and grandmother did, so I figure I'll give it a try. Today was a good day for above ground crops, is the reason I put more peas out.

I'm still fascinated by Carla Emery's book. I wonder how long it took her to write it??

I'll try to get around to some people tonight, if I don't give up and go on to bed!

Sarah

Love my book!

Lots of plans whirling around!

Photo Journal of Garden & Flower Progress

Here's a pic of the progress of my peas. They're coming along nicely. They got snowed on yesterday, but as with the weird weather of Spring it's a nice day out today.

This is my climbing roses over my walkway...

My peonies are making an appearance...

My groundcover is coming in again. This is a wild groundcover that first came up in my BIL's yard and I dug some of it and transplanted it. It's very hardy and has pretty yellow flowers in the Spring....

My Knockout rose bush is budding. I planted this three years ago when it was a bare root and it has grown at amazing speed. I have trouble with my roses and Black Spot, but this one has been trouble free, along with the other one I planted two years ago. So if you have problems with Black Spot, plant a Knockout. I ordered mine as a bare root from Heirloom Roses...I think...I can't find my catalog at the moment, and when I do if it's not the right catalog I'll let you know...

One of my Azala's(?..I wish Homestead had a spell checker, I'm a terrible speller!)...

And this is Frank! He's not a plant, but he wanted his picture taken too!

As you can tell, I have a lot of cleaning of trash and derbis to do off my flowers. More later..

Sarah

Dropping in for a sec..

I'm doing some much needed housecleaning today and thought I'd visit some other sites on my breaks. I think my furniture is under the dust somewhere! After the living room I'm going to tackle this office. Hubby says he doesn't know how I can concentrate in here, it's so cluttered. I tell him clutter is a sign of a creative mind. I don't think he believes me!

Off to visit...Sarah

Manic Monday

I didn't have any plans to post anymore tonight, but I saw this on Kayinpa's site and thought it looked like fun.

"Doing Carla's suggestion!

Using the letters in the word 'MONDAY,' list things that you do (or would like to do) in your spare time."

M - Music. I love music. Rock, old Rock, Classical, Bluegrass, the old Hymns. I very much dislike Country music, except for the older ones by Loretta Lynn, etc. I do like Reba McIntyre (?) and Dolly Pardon.

O - Organizing. I love my lists and having a place for everything. The trouble is, it always looks better on paper than it does in my house!

N - New things. I love to learn to do new things and I don't ever want to stop learning or trying. I think that's what keeps people young and interested in life.

D - Dolls. I collect old Barbies and baby dolls. They are my prized possessions. I have managed to find some that I had as a child on Ebay and replace them.

A - Appreciate. I try never to take my life and what I have for granted. I never go to sleep at night before I thank God for it all.

Y - Yoga. I started Yoga a few months ago and got side tracked. Hopefully, I can start it again soon. The few weeks I did it I could tell the difference in how much more limber I was and relaxed.

That was fun!

Sarah

Made Bread

I made some more bread yesterday. It wasn't the healthy kind, it was white bread. Going to go with that for a while until I get better at it. This one was better than the last. I used less flour and it was lighter textured. Hubby took a turkey sandwich made from it with him tonight. I'm going to town tomorrow, but I'm not planning on buying bread!

Sarah

Here's Hairy "the bat" Cat...

Here's a pic of HairyCat, you know...the one who caught the bat? She's put on a lot of weight since she came here and her feet are healing nicely. She stayed with me all day in the garden, "helping out".

You're famous now, HairyCat!

Sarah

My Yellow Daffodils

I can't believe I hadn't noticed my yellow daffodils had bloomed on our hillside. I always know Spring is on it's way when I see them....

Sarah

Garden Day

We weren't planning to work the garden today, but it was so nice outside we grabbed our garden tools and went to work. We tilled so the weeds wouldn't take it over before time to plant everything. Here's hubby tearing up the ground...

I also got the idea from Leslie (Greenberry) to chronicle all my flowers and garden produce as they first peep out of the ground. I'd love to see everyone do this. It could be fun! Here's my peas making an appearance. I planted them February 25th....

You can see how dry the ground is. It's raining now though, so that will help. I'm going to town tomorrow to get some seed potatoes and onion sets. I'll probably end up with something else also, after I look around!

Sarah