Labeling

I think I have found an answer to labeling my plants. I wandered around the local Dollar General last week looking for something that would last to mark my herbs. I found cheap - ok really cheap - 3 for $1 cheap - knives, forks and spoons. I liked the pattern on the knives. I'm using permenant marker to write the names on the handles. The blade part goes into the ground. If the permanent marker is not so permanent then i'll try using Ken's dremel tool and etch the info into the handle. This should work with the spoons, too.

Spring

Spring is tugging her first tendrils of tease,
The arrival of the seed catalogs taunt of warmer days,
Mrs. Robin has appeared only to shiver in the brisk, cold wind.

Enough, I say – enough!
Bring on the breezes of Spring,
Let me put away the winter’s wood,
The gloves, hats, scarves, and woolens.

Let me bring out the bulbs to plant,
The herbs to weed,
And the gardens to tend.

Oh, Spring, where for art thou?

Original by Diana Roof

February 13, 2007

“Snow. Snow. We like snow. Do you like it? Yes or no?”

I remember this from one of the early learning to read books that I bought the kids. This was Katrina and Brannon’s favorite book. It got loved (and read) to death. I have no clue who the author is but it was written in a Dr. Seuss kind of way. Anyway, here is a pic from a week or so ago that shows the blowing snow. It’s so bad tonight we can’t even see across the road in front of the house. I can't even see the pole barn tonight. I heard the snowplow but never did see it. The wind was whipping the snow into a frenzy!