Got Dirt?

 I do!  The soil for the new garden plot was delivered this morning and the husband worked all day to get the trellis for the peas put up and the vegetable starts planted.  It was cool and a little drizzly so a great day for planting.  All we have left now is the barrier cloth and bark on the ground around the sides - and hopefully lots of fresh veggies to eat!

 I got out to one estate sale and was able to pick up a few fun things.  It was a paper kind of day.

 A full box of vintage cocktail napkins.  I love that they have instructions!  These will be headed to my Etsy.

 Two 1952 crochet books of doll patterns.  I'm sure someone will have some fun with these.

 An unopened pack of Dennison baggage tags, a 1948 instruction book for making flowers with Dennison crepe paper and an instruction book for tin can crafts.  I always wondered how they made those stars and little chairs.

I also got a stack of sewing patterns and four 1960s copies of Family Circle magazine.  I love looking through the ads in those old magazines!
Must go back out and watch the garden grown now.  8+)

Spring is Springing

 I have shown you pictures of the Dinosaur Food (gunnera) in mid-Summer when it is already huge so I thought you might like to see it when it "springs" to life.  It dies back when it frosts in the Fall.  I saw off all the huge leaves and we wait anxiously for signs of growth when Spring arrives.  Right now these leaves are about the size of my hand up to the size of a dinner plate.  It went from nothing to this in about 10 days.  Amazing!

 This is how the emerging leaves look.  That thing just left of center, behind the leaves, is one of those "blooms" that will eventually grow to about 36" in height.

 It shares space with the dratted ferns that spread like weeds around here.  The ferns will inherit the earth.  Seriously.  This gives you a close look at the spines on the Dino Food stalks, too.  Uniquely evolved to catch the rain in the huge leaves and channel it down the stock to the root.

More progress on the new raised garden bed.  We are just about ready for soil, just in the nick of time.  Spring is springing around here!