The Day Of The Great Seed Mishap
Written by admin on May 12th, 2009Over the weekend I gardened. To the point of exhaustion. I was so tired I left all my seeds outside in the pretty McCoy planter I keep them in. It rained.
At least the seeds are presoaked, but they now must ALL be planted.
I’ve been planting all morning. Corn. Okra. Squash. Ornamental flowers. Basil. Rosemary. And the list goes on. And I’m not done yet.
I was hoping to better plan how these seeds were placed, but rained-on seeds lead to hasty planting. You know what was really fun? The squash, okra, and corn packets were so wet that the paper tore and the seeds were all mixed together in the bottom of the container. Guess what I did? If you said, Lynn, did you plant them all together in one big bed??, right answer!! We’ll just have to see how that bed turns out!
Calendula officinalis. I want to save the petals from the calendulas I planted. Calendula officinalis, or pot marigold, is not to be confused with the French marigold (Tagetes) which is not edible.
On the bright side, it feels so good today to be in touch with the plants.
Last night I went to a local co-op grocery store and just took in the scents and sights. I looked at many herbal products. I restocked my medicine pantry with some things I was out of — eucalyptus oil, lavender essential oil, grapeseed oil (wonderful for massage), and pain heal salve and some wonderfully scented aromatherapy spray both made by Herb-Planet. (Frances, it smells heavenly!)
Right now I am about to take a walk to gather honeysuckle to make a cold infusion. I’ll also make a warm infusion with other herbs for sipping on this afternoon while we read Hamlet. (We should finish up tomorrow!) A big salad from the garden will be lunch.
The beginnings of potpourri.
Little Basil (our newest bunny) accompanied me into the garden today while I worked. I can hardly get enough of springtime birds, flowers and earth. Don’t you just love this time of year?
Lynn
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Dear Lynn,
Wow, now I know we really MUST be long-lost sisters! I know I’ve done that before (Along with misplacing the container I was pre-soaking seeds in before planting, till I found them dead and gone days later.).
Maybe that’s how the Native Americans came up with their Three Sisters Plantings~you may be on to something!
We are having more strong winds today (So far I’ve only noticed one shingle blown off the roof)~Good thing we don’t live in hurricane country! Ha Ha.
Till next time,
Love,
Marqueta
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i wish i knew more about herbal and natural medicines… it all seems so overwhelming though. can you recommend any good books for the completely ignorant amongst us?
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Hi Lynn,
I took a few minutes to visit and get caught up! The garden photos sre so inviting. It will be interesting to see how the corn,squash,okra bed works out!
I am finishing up our Hamlet unit with my Juniors and i am pleased to report they really got into the whole experience. What are Joseph’s final thoughts on the play?
Your organization station is cool.
I am always trying to adjust and readjust my environment to find the most efficient way to work. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Take care,
Diane M.
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LOL, Been there too, can’t wait to see how it turns out..I bet it will be lovely, if nothing else.
You have the touch.
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Marqueta, I’ll be sure and let you know how this 3-sister planting goes!
Diane, book recommendation today just for you.
Diane M., so glad you stopped by. Joseph is still really enjoying this. We laugh now when we think that he said before we started Hamlet, “I just want to go on record as saying that I am totally against this.”
Kate, thank you.
I’ll be sure and let you know how it all turns out.
Lynn