LEAVING ON A JET PLANE!

You Tube did it again, this time with 'Little Glass Of Wine'... I wrote..."We already went through this, what is wrong with you people, Jesse said I could... I faxed you once, do I need to fax you again?... Pick on someone else..." They put it up 15 minutes after I disputed it...

Leaving on March the 10th, will return on the 18th... Going to Texas, so excited... only wish Holly and the girls could go... I hope next time... All my EX'S live in Texas... Cracking up here, sorry... I can't help myself... as most of you know I always think I am funny... A week or so after I get back I will go pick up Holly and the girls so they can visit with me... I just want to spend time with my girls...

'Munstead' Lavender is my favorite of the Lavenders...Why? Lavender they say will grow only to Zone 5, yet the 'Munstead' has withstood temperature's of 20 to 40 below for over two weeks and survived my zone 3... I do love Lavender, 'Munstead' has proved to be true to the ridge's elements... the seeds I will be sowing will be this strain... I hope to get at least twelve plants to grow as I would like to start adding them to the side of one of the pathways...If this proves to work, I will start at least that many next growing season...I will have to purchase at least 4 packs of seeds as one drawback is that Lavender seeds have a short life, one never knows how long the seeds have been in the pack..It takes about two weeks to germinate them, so I won't be able to plant them in the ground until about mid July... as the root system takes a month or two to grow strong enough for a transplant... I will though bring the seedlings out to the garden when they are big enough so they can get used to the elements

I also think that 'Munstead' works the best when making Lavender wands... I make these each year and replace the old ones I have on the night stands and give many away... though at this time I don't have enough in Stella's garden to make many so I purchase Lavender at the farmers market...

Just in case this fails, I am going to take cuttings from my mother plant and see if I can root them, I have read that it has and can be done, I will write about my findings at the time I have succeeded or not...I hope I can achieve this with seeds or cuttings, if not next season I will have to break down and purchase the plants...

There is alot of clean-up to be done this Spring... More than last spring, pretty sure that is due to more beds and plants...I know what I want for Mothers day, if I don't get it, I will purchase it myself...
More Dianthus making a showing... This would be the first one to be planted in Stella's garden... I will have to look up the name...

Violet's are coming up all over the place where the snow has receded, I wonder what colors I will have this season, it's always different as they cross pollinate... I am always excited to see what Stella gives me...
Remember Damon's boot just two weeks ago? This is it today... I hope that Holly hasn't forgotten that I want one of the girls boot's when they out grow them... Think I will put out one of Steve's this year...
Wooly Thyme is also showing everywhere the snow has receded and is planted... It all needs a good raking...won't even attempt that till mid April... I don't want to take the chance on damaging it...
Stella will take longer than the five years I have planned on, but that's OK, gives me something to do...not just all the new plants that will be taking up Residence, all the new digging and beds that will have to be put in, but finding permanent homes for all once everything is done... this is a good thing, will keep me busy for years to come...as of now, Stella's garden is just a refugee camp for wayward plants, I know I say it all the time, and pretty sure she will be a refugee camp for years to come...10,000 square feet is a lot of land to cover when working on a garden...I have never had that before here, it sure excites me...I have to remember that once the plants make it to Stella's garden, they are no longer displaced as they have found a life long home...

The wild Strawberries are everywhere you look, these are by my bleeding hearts, though no sign of the hearts as of yet...I do hope they made it where they were planted as the season before they did not survive the home I gave them...
Made an Apple spice cake for Steve...From a Box... Ya, me from a Box... It's easy and does taste good... A box of Spice cake, a can of apple filling and three eggs, no oil... how cool is that... I cheated, but I don't care... It was so darn good... Nothing like Polish apple cake... but still good...

This was on the ponder this section of my home page the other day "Why do some ranchers put old boots on fence posts? " my answer to this is I don't know, but once here in Montana I saw this, have a photo somewhere... It was so cool, must have been quarter mile or so of boots of every color and size on the post... Then we came to a dead end and had to turn around... What was that all about...

Don't know why I am putting this here... for some reason I just like this line in John Prines 'Morning Train'... Constantinople is a mighty long word Got three more letters than mockingbird...
I wish I could write better...just something I would like to do...


Everyone have a good night, get some sleep for me too as it's just something that I am not getting these days...


Until next time
Nothing but love Lina