LilyCrazy's Blog

A few years ago my sister bought a new home and I gave her a bunch of plants out of my garden- well, they have moved into another new home and I just found out- she isn't taking any plants !! So I'm going over to reclaim the bounty !!!   Guess I'll be busy in the dirt for this three day weekend !!!  I know there are alot of chicks and hens over there and I have some crummy sandy soil so that will be perfect !!!!

I just broke the news to my hubby a few minutes ago about my new pond plans..... he just rolls his eyes and says "how much is this gonna cost me?"  hahahahahahaha  It's a little bit rainy today and we're having family over for a BBQ tomorrow, or believe me, I'd be digging already !!

I've wanted to have a larger pond for the last couple years, well, truthfully, about 2 weeks after digging the first one !! But this time I think I really have a PLAN and probably..... with a little help from some unsuspecting relatives, I can get working on it maybe even this weekend !!!  My idea is this: since I already have a pretty nice little setup and it's well landscaped, rather than dig it all out and enlarge, I'm thinking I'll dig a neighboring pond and then a deep "trench" between them so not only can I add more fish, the ones who are residents now can travel back and forth- if it's deep they'll be safe from neighbor kitties too. I actually have a good place in mine because right next to my current pond is a little area my son and I made into a sorta flagstone patio area- but I've never been too thrilled about how it turned out.....

Another "project" of mine that I've recently gotten really interested in is growing new plants from seed or cuttings- never really did that much, other than the odd herb or marigold. I stumbled across a few sites that had great instructions for growing everything from carrot tops to cranberry seeds to COCONUTS !!!! So, I've been eating alot more avocados and mangos than I usually do. Funny story- decided last night at the grocery store to try growing citrus from seed, so I got a nice fat orange and a good looking line..... bring the orange with me to work today, along with a clean ziploc bag, coffee filter and water so I'm all ready to do it immediately like my research says, and not to let the seed dry out.... and darnit- it was a SEEDLESS orange !!!! Quite a tasty one tho !! Looks like I might be having a margarita this evening and breaking into that lime !! I've got several avocados now potted and a very carefully tended to mango seed that I removed from the pit and potted in sand. Years ago I started a mango from a pit, and didn't remove the hard outer shell- it sprouted anyway !! But my stinkin cat bit the whole plant off and it died.  I'm gonna have to look into this coconut idea..... that's gotta be a real challenge !!!!