My little table garden...
in our side tv room
facing Northerly....
I have two new amaryllis bulbs
placed there...
that I have put on sea glass
in water for now,
and
When they arrived in the mail
they were already sprouting...
Mom and I collected this sea glass
on our beach walks long ago...
And....
This cactus has had only one bloom
But, it is so pretty...
So....
I have ordered new cactus soil
and feeding beads as I think
their soil is depleted...
I will be doing some planting
of them in larger pots...
My "forgotten" amaryllis has
sent up lots of leaves
but no stem as yet
Below is my spider plant,
a favorite for me...
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This morning I set up Helga for
quilting and got
to work on my 3 placemats...
This is the first one
in progress:
I took a little "shoulder" break and
went for a short circuit of our Cul-de Sac--
Here is the placemat all quilted:
This is made from all the little cutoffs
from the Christmas Ojos I made...
the back--
this fabric has been hanging out in
my Christmas box for-EVER!!
I used matchstick quilting as I know
it will be washed a lot and
wanted to make it sturdier...
Two more to finish before I work
on my larger Ojos; I thought
I would work on these smaller
projects to "get back" into
machine quilting before
tackling bigger pieces.
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Our garden guy is stopping in at noon
to give us a quote on digging up
our little front patio garden as
neither of us
cannot handle digging
anymore; we will just
have him seed it with
grass for easier care.
So, between the clump of bushes
and the patio seating area
will be just a continuation of our lawn..
The roots are pretty big and deep
S I G H
I will SO miss
puttering about in this small
garden area for sure...
but.................
I plan to put out some pots
along the patio edge and also
we will put our new garden planter
on the side of the patio...
Here is Tom putting it together...
this morning it was warm enough
in our garage for him to poly-
urethane it...
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The rest of this week will be machine
quilting a bit at a time and then
filling in my 3rd strawberry with
hand quilting...
Hugs, Julierose,
La Blageuse
Oh
and...
Reading :
(stitching-away-euse)
Awaiting Wednesday's next Comfort Cloth prompt--what can we add to this woven piece?
ReplyDeleteThose lovely leaves on your forgotten amaryllis are feeding the roots. Maybe no blossom this year but there is always next winter.
ReplyDeleteIt's all good.
Lots of fun gardening, in and out. I agree about downsizing gardens, I had the handyman remove my two biggest deck pots bec I can't care for them anymore, cannot lug the needed water twice a day all summer, or do the clean up. I will miss my meadow gardens tho.
ReplyDeletePlacemats are so cute!
Amaryllis look so good. If the neglected one never sprouts a bud, just summer it over w feeding outside, then start again next winter.
love
lizzy
Yes, you will miss pottering about in the garden, but you have to make life easier for yourselves. Adding a couple of things in extra pots sounds like a great compromise.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting, some more Amaryllis bulbs!
ReplyDeleteI love having pots outside in front of the garage and on my porch steps (don't have a patio). They take faithful watering but that's ok, I need to get out and talk to them regularly anyway.
I bet Helga is happy to be out and working again.
You have some wonderful plants and they're all looking very good! That's the next Ann Cleeves on my pile too. I just love her stuff!
ReplyDeleteThe Resident Chef enjoys puttering with his planters on our balcony and now he's trying to figure out how to get more into our small space. Will carrots grow in a pot...we'll see. Wish we had room for a beautiful planter like what Tom has made!
ReplyDeleteI love your indoor garden! My husband loves puttering outside on our lawn. I usually admire from indoors! Your placemats look great.
ReplyDeleteWasn't the weather so nice today??? I opened all my windows and got fresh air!
Your indoor garden is beautiful, with those pretty pots and plants. The patchwork runner adds cheery colour, too. It's sad when we can't potter in the garden anymore. That planter box is a beauty. Your Tom has done a wonderful job.
ReplyDeleteYour inside garden is so pretty. Good to see you and Helga together again...working away on some nice quilting. What will you grow in the raised garden planter?
ReplyDeleteYour indoor garden is looking beautiful, Julierose. I had to move my spider plant back out to the greenhouse . It was not happy in the house. I may move it back indoors soon. The raised bed will be so nice. I hope you will keep us posted on what you plant and how it works out. Hubby ordered me some raised beds. I am looking forward to seeing what they look like. Enjoy your week. Hugs.
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