March!

How quickly March has marched on by! 

I cannot wait for the weather to be beautiful all the time!  Sack-toss and lazy Sundays reading outside await!

It has been busy busy BUSY busy for me, but a few FUN things have happened too.

Sean & I trimmed the Crabapple last weekend (this past weekend was SO cold, but the week before was beautiful!).  It was the first time either of us had pruned a good sized tree and it was pretty fun and rewarding!

Afterwards, I did some...TREE-CYCLING...hahaha!

I used the willowy cut branches, which had grown very straight and wove them in the gate of our fence:

The branches are so beautiful:

The fence has become 3-dimensional as the branches bow out so beautifully!

The ends were pretty raw...

So, I painted them a METALIC GOLD, which will also seal them:

I love all the renegade knitting around Philly!  I wanted to bring a little to my backyard...

So, I started with my knitting machine (just using up some yarn):

And then wrapped the pole next to the gate!:

LOVE IT!:

Here it is through the screen that I've sewn on (just kinda a cool shot):

AND...we've started doing some planting for the garden!

Seedlings inside - planting day:

and from about a week ago...

Meanwhile...back at the ranch...

We have also put a few seeds under the cold frames (spinach, swiss chard, lettuce):

We are using the same system as last year (Square Foot Gardening).  This year we have marked the sections using eye-hooks and left over clothesline.  This was S's idea! He is so smart!