Right now, I will just be thankful for the return of the first buds, blooms and bugs of spring…

Japonica or flowering quince bud 2010

the first crocus 2010

ladybug and baby bug

I am also pretty thankful that the first digging in the garden is less than a month away…!!

the first diggers in the garden 2010

the burning of the brush pile

We wonder if an early garden visitor will return in an attempt to share in the toils of our labor…

deer track in the garden

He tilled.  I made photos.  The gardener is refracted in the dewdrop if you know where to look.

while tilling the garden

We spent a couple or three days getting broccoli, cabbage and early peas planted.  We also set onions and sowed carrots, beets, spinach, swiss chard, lettuce, mustard and turnip greens!

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.- Thoreau

In my efforts to recycle and reuse as much as possible in our sustainable gardening adventure, I spent an afternoon on the deck in the warm sunshine this week playing with garden projects…

after all my work with my little dremel tool, leftover pot pie pans and some twine I proudly tied these little bird deterrents to sticks and stacked them in the garden… project number one done!

How many times have I retied them…?? you do not even want to know… LOL

somebody needs to teach me to tie knots... please!

For garden project number two I recycled and reused:

• one floor lamp that no longer works
• one unclaimed left behind dryer load of laundry
• one curtain rod
• one styrofoam packing insert
• two old chair pads

Whatever will it be…??  I will give you a hint.  Grandboy is not too pleased with the creation as of yet…

mysterious garden project

hopefully he will like it better once we get it planted next week!