Russian Sage

Is there anything to do with Russian Sage? I love the shrubs which are great for decorating xeriscaped areas. But they have grown HUGE. We planted two of them in our front patch and they are humming during the day full of bees. Bzzz bzzz says the bee. (I'm such a stay-at-home-mom!) I trimmed them up the other night so they didn't look so unruly and put some stems in a vase. Odorific and pretty. But what else can you make? Sage pillows for your eyes? Stinky saches for your panty drawers, anything?

Square Foot Gardening

Guess what dad? We are going to plant vegetables.

Gibson and I are going to help a lot, providing moral support.

Last year, with the move, we were unable to get it together to plant our garden. Though DG did make these boxes for me so that we could try to square foot garden. He prepped them this week-end filling them with our fresh compost, manure, soil, and vermiculite. Though we are bit late in the game, we are still hoping to get a good crop of cucumbers, yellow peppers, cherry tomatoes, yellow squash, lettuce, and carrots.