Some things from around the house and yard. Seems to be a theme of ‘gather and create’ these days… I suppose that’s always happening in some way, but it feels more pronounced lately.
The photo above shows our hydrangea cuttings, which we started back in October. A couple weeks ago one of them started putting on some new growth and has really picked up the pace, and seems a little bigger by the day. This is really exciting for me! There is so much potential for expanding many kinds of food and landscape plants easily and inexpensively, and for sharing plants amongst one another. The hydrangea are from our parents yard, and there is something truly satisfying about sharing in this way. It has an awesome feeling of living connectedness.
Today we went on a little day trip to a friend’s farm. SO much knowledge was shared, and we came home freshly inspired. I have a list of things we will consider planting this year, many with medicinal properties. It’s refreshing to think outside the box of classic garden staples. We took lots of photos, so I will probably share some here soon.
So what gets you all excited lately?? …………………….and if nothing comes to mind, you should jump up out of your chair, jump into your shoes without thinking, run straight out the door and do something excitable out in the fresh cool air!
xo
what’s exciting me? knitting aran sweaters – like the one you have up in that first photo! i actually spent a nice, rainy day curled up on the couch pouring through traditional aran stitch patterns, swatching up ideas for a baby sweater…
Love this!!
I’m excited about the garden too! We picked the spot where we are going to plant asparagus, which has been a long time dream.
Abbey, I missed the farm visit. I would like to talk with you, to hear what ideas have been inspired. I am very excited to plant our garden. I get this feeling about this time of year, the need to get my hands in the earth, to work and plant. Very good stuff! Talk to you soon. Great pictures!
Amber
i am also getting excited about our garden plans! our seeds came in the mail last week & we will start germinating this weekend! luke also has plans for building our own cold frame & i can’t wait to re-pot some house plants. we are getting the spring fever around here!
also, i really love your photos here. the first is my favorite… you have such a natural taste for beauty. i love that!
Abby…thank you so much for your comments on my blog…you can surely tell that you are a source of inspiration and validation. I am with you on the feelings about water.
Re your garden…do you grow what we call here ‘miners lettuce’? It has a flavor similar to mache and propagates itself each season. Grows wild here.
[…] a couple cuttings home from our parents’ hydrangea bushes (I talked about this a little bit here, too). The first photo above shows 4 cuttings, but that was an experimental division of each of […]