Batnavel's Blog

Well, I am soooooo bitten by the gardening bug, that I went out in the rain after work to snap a few pics. I have also been sketching out my plans for my container garden/fountain area that I am going to add in a few weeks, and I am very excited about that.

Here are some pictures of my make-shift cold frame. Again, no laughs please. I slapped this together from scrap wood in my garage, and am using clear drop cloth for the lid, but, ITS WORKING!! I have sprouts of basil and vinca already, not that I needed to start those out early in the cold frame, but those were things that I had plenty of seed for, incase it didnt work, and it was all waste. As soon as the weather is nicer, I will roll back the lid and show you the inside.

I painted last years sun flowers because the sun washed them out to pure white.

Here is a few pics of the purple sand cherry, and in teh background a few hyacinth that I havent clipped yet to bring in the house. My wife loves them, so I chop them as soon as they are ready for a vase on the table.

And, if you know me from last year, I take a pic of EVERYTHING with the garage in the background, so here is that pic...

And finally, some Mums that I put in this container late in the fall. I left them for dead, and didnt think they would survive the winter in the container, but they seem to be doing quite well. I plan on thinning these, and dressing up the container with a spike and maybe a litte seasonal color, so its not so drab until its time for the mums to bloom again.

Hope you are all doing well. ^v^