Full Circle

Crocs Repurposed

I'd been doing some spring cleaning recently and came across this pair of red Crocs that used to belong to my youngest, but don't fit anymore. (Well, I actually only found one, but I'm sure the other is around somewhere). I thought it was cute and didn't want to toss it and couldn't give it away because I only had the one. So, I tucked it away and moved on to other stuff. In the meantime, I was at the nursery and noticed a cute planter hanging on the side of the greenhouse. When I looked closer, I saw it was someone's old Croc getting a new life as a miniature flower planter! I immediately thought of the little red one I had at home and couldn't wait to do the same thing with it.



The Croc at the nursery was larger and had several plants in it, but our smaller one could only hold one . I put some moss in first to cover the holes a bit and not have the dirt falling out, then put the plant in. Easy!

It looks cute nailed to a tree...


or hanging from a branch...


I'll make another one as soon as the mate turns up. They look so cheery and bright in the garden and of course are known to be durable, can't ask for much more than that!

Photo Fun at Picnik

inside...


outside...


I brought some cuttings from one of our May Day trees in the house and took the opportunity to take some photos and play with them on my new favorite website, Picnik! You can upload a picture and get started without registering or paying anything. You can edit photos, apply a variety of cool effects, add text and frames and then save back to your own desktop or send it to a photo management website like Flickr. Be careful, it's addicting, so don't say I didn't warn you ;)

Ginormous Radishes

Just a peek inside our greenhouse to see how little green things are growing. We pulled some radishes a while ago when they were regular radish size, but we've let the rest grow just to see how big they would get. Well, they're ginormous! (Gotta love that word!)

Here's a few other goodies we've got growing...

One Fine Day

We've been having the most beautiful spring weather lately, it's hard not to just be outside and soak it all in. So, we're making the most of it!

Big Brother hid a bunch of plastic toys in the dirt for the others to find. An impromptu treasure hunt...

Finally getting our little sprouts and their nursery-bought big brothers planted in the greenhouse...

Playing ball with Jubal...

Making fresh-squeezed lemonade...

And, enjoying the garden...

Little Sprouts

We've had great luck so far with the seeds we planted on the Equinox in honor of the goddess Ostara. We went to the nursery that day and the kids picked out a couple types of seeds to plant. Big Brother chose tomatoes and sugar-snap peas, Sister picked out basil and cilantro, Middle Brother got cucumbers and radishes and Little Brother picked out corn and bell peppers. They used cardboard egg cartons filled with dirt and then labeled them. When the time comes to transplant them to the greenhouse, we can cut out the little egg spots and plant them directly in the dirt. It's still too cold to plant anything outside yet, even in the greenhouse. Our frost date isn't until June 15, so although it's been somewhat warm, I don't want to do any spring planting yet.

Morning Icicles

Saving Summer

Mom said she read it was supposed to freeze tonight. So, after we came back from Twin, Big Brother and I went out in the yard with a flashlight and clippers to save the last blooming flowers from freezing. We covered the raspberries with a tarp and clipped a whole armful of flowers. I was glad to be back inside, not much fun in the cold and dark. But, I was able to make two beautiful bouquets from our bounty.

 

Raspberrries? Really?!

Look what's growing quietly in the backyard...