A Bag, Nicknames, Cheap Wine, Nice Glass, Seeds

I figured naming one more blog post random was getting a little redundant thus the crazy title.

Here is the bag that I won over at Anna's blog Flower Garden Girl. That I actually won something is so stunning to me that I might take it as a sign my luck is changing.

I would like to call Anna - Anna Banana as a term of endearment, but she may have had bad childhood experiences with that and might not appreciate it. I will now share - as a painfully tiny, thin child I was dubbed Debbi Spaghetti and I never have gotten over it. Seriously, be nice. I trust you with my inner secrets.

The point of the wine? Linda asked if my poison ivy remedy was putting the alcohol on the rash or drinking it. The answer is - Yes. Really, all I am after is that blue bottle. Can't you just see my lovely blue bottle tree. Hope Manly doesn't read this. He hates bottle trees.

Why does cheap wine taste so much better in an expensive glass?

Now I have to make something right. Remember that post where I promised seeds. They are still on the way. I have a really good reason why I have not mailed them yet. Well, really, two good reasons. I wanted to send some lettuce and blanket flower seeds, and they are not quite ready yet. I have added a surprise to try to make up for the delay. Soon, my patient gardening friends, very soon.

Missed a Spot

So Technu Soap is from heaven, but it only works if you get it exactly where the poison ivy touches you. Well, I missed a spot. On the inside of my left elbow is a red, raised, itchy rash. Now what? My home remedy is 1/2 cup alcohol, 2 aspirin, and 2 table spoons Vick's Vapor Rub. Mix them together and apply to rashy spot every you have the urge to scratch. Over a period of time it dries out the poison ivy and it cools down the itch quite nicely.

Do you have a poison ivy remedy?

Noodle War

 
 
Here they are trying to beat each other unconscious with noodles. Thankfully, noodles do little bodily damage. One of the monkeys put muddy shoes in my dryer. Somebody help me. Please help me.

Melancholy Day

 

I've been feeling a little sad and tearful. These are just symptoms of some mild loneliness, which is crazy in my crowd of siblings and our progeny. Still, I just can't seem to shake it. This too shall pass. I just need to hang on a couple of days.

I went outside and visited my roses to try to lift my spirits. Maggie, Abraham Darby, and Paul Neyron all looked very healthy and happy. The amaryllis is still going strong. This must be it's third set of blooms, awesome. The Shasta daisies are putting on a show. Isn't that curly elephant garlic scape a trip?

Sorry to be such a bummer.

Tomato Trouble

 
 

There appears to be a little crop rotation problem here at Aunt Debbi's garden. The garden is little and everything must take turns. Unfortunately, sometimes one veggie is not done before it is time for another to go into the ground. I end up with some weird companion plants. This year it is lettuce, coriander, collards, and tomatoes. The tomoto plants are big, but have suffered a bit from crowding. Oh yeah, they were also a little poison ivy infested. Technu soap to the rescue once again. (seriously, they need to pay me for advertising).

The pictures above are of the before variety. I have cleaned up a little more than half of my wall of tomatoes. The yellow leaves were removed and partially composted hay has been put down as mulch to keep the soil from splashing up on the leaves during rain and watering. The yellowing may have been caused by a fungus, and we don't want any more of that. There are plenty of little tomatoes. Several of them look like cherries. Weird, I only planted one cherry tomato, or so I thought. Maybe someone switched tags on me. Maybe I am retarded and can't read the tags. Maybe there is a plot against me.

Thanks to Michael Nolan http://www.myearthgarden.com who tweeted me advise on rescuing yellowing tomatoes. (sorry link button is busted).

Have a happy Memorial Day.

Oh yeah, trying to find a bunch of tweeting gardeners to follow. You on twitter?

Laundry Monster

 
Tisha took over the laundry. Tried to get her to move and was attacked. Win Win - she sleeps, I don't do laundry.

Mine All Mine

 
I found these in the side yard this afternoon. After the boys had their fruit orgy earlier this week, I decided these were mine, ALL MINE.