My happy place

It's 7 degrees outside, but when I come down and see these crisp white blooms in my window I can forget about that for awhile. When I open the window the water the plants, I smell fresh lavender blossoms. I can use this space to overwinter my summer porch plants, but I also have succulents growing in the cracks of the rocks year round. I just need a vibrant basil plant in there and it would be complete. This is my happy place.

Operation Blarney: preparing for battle against the shamrocks

This link has some good information for combating and preventing the shamrocks from taking root in the flowerbeds. After all the hours I've spent digging and pulling them out, and carefully spraying (see previous posts: http://thymeinthegardenwithme.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-like-pulling-weeds.html and http://thymeinthegardenwithme.blogspot.com/2012/07/fighting-morning-glory-two-by-two.html) I'm going to try some of these techniques so I can spend some time doing something more rewarding in the garden. And less weeds in my flowerbeds makes me have better feelings towards my neighbor. I'm trying to be like Jesus. :)

http://www.ehow.com/how_12069144_kill-shamrock-plants.html

Growing your own food is like printing your own money

I loved this inspiring TED talk. You will too.

Plant a "food forest." Anywhere you can. Changing the composition of the "soil" through gardening.