A Time to Plant

It’s still a little early to put plants in the ground.  The seedlings bought yesterday need a few more weeks before going into raised beds. The sunny bench in the potting shed is now loaded with hope for a full potager garden.

Three kinds of mint, two kinds of peppers, Creole tomatoes and cilantro were potted up. I’ll add sweet basil and more chives to the collection.

And the faithful mayhaw is blooming, as are the Methley plums planted a year ago and the blueberries. (I’m hoping the rabbits will leave the berries alone this year…) Two more plum trees, one more blueberry bush, two new pears and a loquat will be added to the orchard. I’m excited!

It’s almost time for Ecclesiasties 3: 2; the part about planting.

Blessings from the Exile’s Kitchen. 

Ellie Phant

Just some pictures of some things that make me smile. The little elephant cream pitcher was my mother’s. The flowers are from my scaled down flower patch.

The kitchen window ledge: my mother’s cream pitcher and a collection of vintage cream and sugar bowls.

Click the link for Ellie’s flower hats.

Summer Blessings.

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Yella

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Summer is knocking on the door, with its great big yella hand. The yellow eyes of the daisies and cosmos are bright. The yellow squash is abundant. It has already graced our supper plates this week. I hear Bubba reciting various squash dishes: fried squash, stewed squash, squash casserole, squash hushpuppies.

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A yella chair next

 

A craft project of refurbishing old metal chairs, using cans of spray paint, lacks at least one being yellow. Weather permitting, I’ll get that done this weekend. The sunflowers have come up, along with old maid zinnias; no blooms to show yet.

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This old metal chair, blue as the sky, needs a seat mate in yellow.

Summer blessings from the Exile’s Kitchen.