The Deal With Teal

The Deal with Teal

and 

Playing in the Greenhouse

Oh my what a beautiful day it was today

I could not do anything but spend it outside.

Spinach, lettuce, sage, basil, green peppers, 

pumpkins, cucumbers, watermelon,

parsley and nasturtiums were planted.

Beds dug in preparation for 25 asparagus crowns

and 

Teal spray paint.

You must know that Teal has become a favorite color around here.

To most that may be no big deal, but it is here

because I am not a blue lover, except for my blue jeans that is.

So when I found Teal and realized I love it, well

you can imagine.  

Now I have Teal glasses for my summer drinks (well really any drink)

 Teal crystals on my candelabra

a Teal shower curtain and now Teal hanging planters

I also got these sweet spring colors when I bought the Teal

these are slated for a different project, but I will

just have to get another can of Teal paint, because

painting the planters was to happen today.

The planters before..........Teal.....just a bit ordinary.

Now doesn't that look better.......

Hanging to dry......I still have 3 more to do, but need more paint

going to town tomorrow........

So cute, now I can't wait to get flowers in them

I also played in the greenhouse today and 

thought I'd share some of the pretties growing in there.

Hens and Chicks

awaiting moving to the garden.

More hens and chicks

hey there is another basket/planter....where is my spray can?

Got up to nearly 90 today in the greenhouse.

The tomato plants......just a few more weeks and they will go 

outside into the wine barrels in their wall-O-waters until such time

as the night temps stabilize.

Geraniums, petunias (these are hold overs from last year, I kept them inside

all winter and they are blooming again, I have calendula blooming for a second year as well). 

I have forgotten the name of this little one.

Next up, Catnip.

you can really see the square stem here, which means

catnip is a member of the mint family.

Well, now you know the deal with Teal.

I hope you have enjoyed the wee tour of the greenhouse.

I am glad spring is here.....

though I feel badly for all the folks who have been impacked

by the terrible tornadoes down south and on the east coast.

It has been a really rough 3 days on them.

Prayers for the families of those who died and

for those who lost property.

May God Bless you and keep you.

Spring come Spring..

I am so ready for spring, it keeps teasing...........now you see me, now you don't!

A few weeks ago I told you about the growing rack Kirk and I put together.
Now you can see how it is working. The plants are doing good. I am on my second
planting of some things right now (the things on the upper right).




















It has been nice enough to put them all out in the greenhouse for a few days, but the weather has turned cold again so they are all back inside. That bottom shelf is holding tomatoes, 6 of the 30 or so I have going. Lettuce in the OJ cartons and on the top shelf. Calundula's, marigolds and lemon balm next to the lettuce (second shelf).

Tnasy is going good out in the greenhouse, they look lonely without the other plants, it won't be
to much long and they will all stay out 24/7














I am thankful, we did not get any snow, everyone around us did. We do have alot of wind though, which is not normal for us, we live in a pretty sheltered area.

Until later.

Wildflowers

What a pretty day we are having today. I was out walking about the property and came up some wildflowers in bloom, so headed back to the house for the camera.....batteries low..so put them on the charge and got some none rechargeable out, who knows when I will get the pictures taken if not now. So I thought I would share them with you.















This orange one is called a Scarlet Globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) the Mallow family
(Malvaceae) also includes Mountain Hollyhocks, White checkermallow and Purple checkermallow that grow in Wyoming. I had the Scarlet Globemallow in my yard in Southern California also, I called it a bee catcher because the bees or flies would get caught in its flowers, that is ok with me on the fly issue.
















This one is a sunflower but I could not ID it, pretty little plant about 12 inches high with its leaves in a basil arrangement.

















These are what caught my eye and sent me for the camera, they are all over our hill some in a bright yellow, some a softer yellow leaning toward apricot (here) and then one that was an apricot color. Most of you know that this is a Plains Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia polyacantha) now I did not know it was a Plains PPC so I learned something today, I only knew them as PPC.

I also did a bit of work in the hillside garden adding some pots, and rearranging things a bit. We need to go to town this week so I hope to find a few more flowers to add. Kirk also got a little fence for me to help keep the dogs from using the garden as a pathway.

I hope you enjoyed the wildflowers, I will add more as I see them....I missed the Indian Paintbrush, our state flower, because I did not have my camera with me.....sigh.

Until later, God Bless

Spring? Winter? Spring???????

One never knows from day to day if it is spring or winter this time of year. Yesterday and today appear to be spring, but Thursday we had 12 hours of rain and snow.

It is rather frustrating when work is planned and you can't do any of it unless the ground is dry, and once the ground drys enough to work and receive deliveries, it rains......sigh, very loud sigh.
We are wanting to build the greenhouse so you can imagine how impatient I am, especially when it rains or snows and the work is put on hold once again, this has been going on for a month now.

I have managed to get some plants out in the wine barrels in the new garden, they are being protected by Wall O Water right now, which will help the green beans and squash survive down to 16 degrees. Next will be to protect them from the deer, but for now they should be fine. Got the seedlings that are still inside planted up yesterday, they are so little. They take up about half of the table.

Rusty decided he wanted to play in the dirt last night, he tore into my two new bags of potting soil. To say I was not happy is an understatement, but then I am not surprised he did it. Not a bad dog, just a puppy who though it would be fun and I am very sure he enjoyed every moment but he also knew he had done a bad thing.

Lady has had enough of the rain and snow and mud it creates, poor old girl was muddy everywhere (she is a black lab), though she did enjoy the brushing she got to the fullest.

All the trees and grasses are greening nicely all around us, we are hoping to get a well put in this year, then I can start a real landscape, WAHOO!..

If you'd like to see what I have been up to in the quilting and crazy quilting area of my life please pop over to my other blog, also check out the new additions to my Etsy shop.

Have a happy day, Until later.

Gardening take 2

The other day I tried to share with you the work I had been doing in the yard. This is a picture of what I had accomplished last year. Gathering rock from around the yard to cover this small hill below where the 5th wheel is parked, our guest house. All about out property are rocks, lots of rocks, tons in pinks and greens. With water being low (we have to haul it), I did not get anything much planted.........................















This year I have added some wine barrels to the site, more rocks to gather as you can see. I will be using the barrels for veggies. I'd also like to add a picket fence above them to cover the wheels of the 5th wheel and to keep the dogs from going up thru there.















Our next garden venture is a small greenhouse off the front of the house, I will post more about that and the gardening season.

Happy Spring to everyone.

Spring is coming

I had hoped to upload some pictures of some recent additions we have made but Blogger is having issues.....sigh. I will try again.

Spring is making its enterance here in Wyoming, we are having beautiful warm weather, so I got out and started working in the "yard". Lady, Rusty and Me Moew like this idea and have been helping.

I am sorry it has been so long since I have posted, winter was long and cold, lots of stitching going on but not much else. Check out my CQ blog and you'll see what I have been up to.

Happy Spring