Beautiful day

I gardened my ass off today. It was completely gorgeous. I planted two new trees and many many seedlings, weeded some, potted up some itty bitty seedlings... i planted out alot of pansies i got the other day, they are no good for bouquets but i want to get my front garden bed ready for the wedding which is in *gasp* four months. It is really easy to find pansies in my

wedding colours - purple and orange. Check out these jokers:

I have another mystery daffodil! And its not even the same as the other. It's just a lone, sweet smelling, glorious little bloom...
Sean found a good sized carrot in the vege patch, sadly not purple. Ishy munched on it to the very stump! I really loved today...

Arch ways

I am obsessing over what kind of backdrop Sean and I will be married under. I would like to make some kind of arch, maybe like so:

Or... i really like the circus feel of the yellow and white fabric in the pic in my previous post.

Also, Hera has been digging up my poppies. I may be forced to beat her...

The Dog with Itchy Feet

My wedding

When i started this blog i intended it to record my garden as a process, from conception to realisation. BUT in a sudden resurgance of enthusiasm i feel like writing about my upcoming wedding. The theme is a "bohemian circus" and i have many pictures for inspiration, but am struggling to make my vision a reality on our tight budget. BUT where thers a will theres a way...

Embroidery

In the spirit of all things flowery, it is a very rainy day and i am working on my new "thing", an embroidery that the mother in law had tucked away in a suitcase. I am in love with the colours of embroidery floss, it's like painting with the best and most vivid thick oils.

My plants are loving this rain after all the sunshine of the last week, and it is suddenly so warm! I can positively hear them slurping up the watery goodness. A false spring me thinks, it certainly FEELS like spring, but surely not in August?!

Strawberries

Another stunner day, did alot of weeding YAY! Took Ishta to playgroup at Steiner school this morning then spent the whole afternoon in the garden planting strawberries. It was slightly a mission as i had to first move the strawflower seedlings that had sprouted up in the vege garden, then move over some compost, pick out all the centipedes for my dear son to "play" with, THEN plant the strawberries. I got these ones from the gorgeous lady at the farmers market who sells the edible plants. She is such a funny old hippy, i love her. She sells the most amazing herbs, and next week i am going to buy a blackcurrant bush from her.

My most gorgeous fiance cooked dinner tonight, and now he is going to babysit while i go to my Soul Doll workshop. We are apparently meditating on our 14-21st years tonight, which may be heavy as those were some particularly dark years for me... but its a lovely supportive atmosphere to explore them in, plus Osha always has REALLY good rosehip tea...

Indian summer?

It is a phenomenally beautiful day, it is a crime to be inside on the computer, but sean has taken the kids out and i just wanted to post a quick blog before they get back! I have some compost to spread, it hasn't rotted down as well as i had hoped. Apparently there is a real art to making compost which i have yet to delve into passionately, my style is just chuck it all in there and hope it magically transforms into nourishing crumbly goodness for my garden beds...

And check out all my seedlings a-sprouting! My gorgeous sean built this little hidey away around the side of the garage which is a total sun-trap, and my babies love it! The only downside is i think my neighbours may get to eavesdrop on all the secrets and wisdom that i reveal as i chat away to my lovelies...

Petit gardens

Aside from my larger flower bed and the two raised beds in the back, i have many little sneaky spots filled up with any type of pot, box or container i can find. Apparently bulbs do quite well in pots, as do herbs (for scented foilage) and sunflowers. And of course i have had raging success with marigolds (which are not actually for the market bouquets but for my wedding) so if everything else blooms as successfully i will be making mucho grande posies...

Lovely anenomes