Lashing by Boy Scouts

Lashing by Boy Scouts at the 2017 Puyallup Fair

Chicken follows pitbull

 A suspicious looking chicken.  This pretty pitbull with her sparkly collar is rodent hunting.  In the process she digs.  The chickens love it.

The Eggs are in the Incubator!

The eggs will start hatching September 11, 2017.  I start a new batch of chickens every three years so that I can have a consistent flow of fresh eggs.

Where old garden gnomes go when they die

Home Sweet Home

Emerald Aisle Farm is green and it has great trails!

Volunteer Petunia

I was struck with awe when I first saw one bloom on a petunia in my driveway.  Yes, IN the driveway, not in a flower bed.  It was mostly white with fragile purple veins.  The photo is what the petunia has grown into.  I have not watered it.  The source of this petunia is a mystery. I did not plant it.  I have had petunias in pots but not this year and never this color and definitely not in the driveway. Of course, nobody drives over it and the weeds are flourishing around it. This tenacious petunia is amazing to me!  This picture was taken in mid August, after one of the hottest summers Port Orchard, Washington has had in recorded history.

Rosemary Wreath

My rosemary isn't old enough to make a wreath with but a friend brought me an armful so I fashioned this wreath to hang in my kitchen.

Floral wire is relatively inexpensive and can be found on-line, or at craft stores.  When I see it on sale, I usually buy at least three rolls of it.

With a pile of rosemary, a pair of clippers, floral wire, and two hands, you can make this wreath in about 20 minutes.

I cut the rosemary as I was doing the twisting so that I could choose exactly what I wanted as I needed it, but you can precut it and then wind it into a wreath.  I left the end of the wire long but I did wrap it and twist so that it wouldn't fly off.  Then I wound around and around adding rosemary of equal thicknesses as I went.

I will probably leave my wreath plain because it suits me to use bits of it in my cooking, but as it dries and the wire seems a bit baggy, I might tuck a sprig of sage, thyme, or maybe even chamomile.  If you don't need it to be an edible wreath, you could tuck a dried flower here and there under the wire.