Happy Earth Day!

I know, I know, I've been incommunicado lately.  You see I have Spring fever!  All I can think about is cleaning up our new yard & making it pretty.  At the moment it is far from pretty.  We're still working on that huge stump in the middle of the yard.  We cleared out some old xeriscape to make a garden bed.  We added city compost, (thank you Monica!) a little soil and planted.  Oh, the dreams contained in little seeds.  We planted sunflower, cucumber, zucchini, nasturtiums & a watermelon in that lovely open earthy space.  The next day we had the worst wind storm ever, so who knows if those seeds survived or where they flew too.  Such are the hopes & dreams of a gardener in the desert. We cleared out another patch of rocks to make a flower bed for Cannas , I really hope they take!  We also made up a new square foot garden bed and planted seeds and a few seedlings.  We hope to have lots of tomatoes, corn, beans, herbs, peppers, marigold, arugula, nasturtiums.  Again, we shall see.  My potted artichoke came back!  And the spincach seems to be happy. 

The boys and I have also been working on this year's fairy garden! (Or gnome garden as it's known here.)  Here's a post on last year's fairy garden. There's a glimpse of it above.  We're not yet finished so I'll save that for another day.

I managed to break through my Spring fever recently to make a few things for my neglected etsy shop.

 

I'm excited to tell you about my Tulip Baby Birthday favors!  I have a group of 12 of them in the shop.  If you need a different amount please ask.  I also made a birthday prince and a couple of princesses.  They can fit into most birthday rings. Then a couple of Spring butterflies were in order.  One that can be made into a necklace or ornament.  They have all been a welcome distraction from my constant garden planning!

Anyway, I'm here, alive, feverish!  Do you have Spring fever?  How is your garden growing?

By the way, Happy Earth Day!  It's a beautiful day here in the sunny Southwest.  To celebrate, enjoy 10% off at my MamaWestWind shop with coupon code, "EARTHDAY".  I'll leave that code active until next Monday, April the 29th, 2013.

Off to do more yard work! Until next time...