Glimpses In

Life is not so much about the destination as it is the journeySo I decided to go on a photo binge. Sharing what going on and trying to photograph all the beauties as they decide to visit. The beloved flower fairies are so enchanting. I've also been tinkering away in my shop working on some new projects.

So here are a few projects I have been tinkering with .

Jewelry Pockets / Pouches

A new Packaging Concept

My New Pearls

Then We have the Garden

My new leeks came in 

Then here are some pretties I found around the house 

Happenings

“A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.”
Antoine Lavoisier quotes This is what is going on in the garden this week.
So far I started lettuce , carrots and radishes.
I have finished some rows in the little garden , made arrangements for the plow to come in monday , and have planted brussels and broccoli.

I also have some pics of flowers around the farm.

Fried Dandelion Flowers

“If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.”
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Andrew V. Mason quotesThis is a recipie I found for


Fried Dandelion Flowers
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
optional (other favorite seasonings like garlic powder, onion salt, or seasoning salt-go light on the seasonings until you're sure you like the flavors with the blooms)
Beat the egg and add the milk. Whisk in the flour and seasonings. You can dip the flowers and fry immediately, but the batter stays on better if it's refrigerated for a half hour or so.

When the batter is lightly browned, lift the flowers out of the oil and drain them on paper towels.

Fried Dandelion Flowers are good served as appetizers or as a side dish with ham.



Read more at Suite101: Fried Dandelion Flowers http://southerncuisine.suite101.com/article.cfm/frieddandelionflowers#ixzz0kib0zJuu

I really loved em , they tasted like a spinach and cheese popper of some sort and I really enjoyed them. The larger the flower the more pronounced the spinach flavor.

BABIES !!

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be.
-- James Matthew Barrie This Is a New Movie I really DO want to see.

St Louis Missouri Botanical Gardens

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. ~George Washington CarverThese Are From the St Louis Missouri Botanical  Gardens
http://www.mobot.org/

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Scant Postings

Life is not so much about the destination as it is the journeyLife Has Been Sniffly and postings have been scanty bear with me.
The ground is starting to thaw and i should be able to  get some stuff started inside. It looks like I won't be moving for another year , but at the end of the harvest season I should have enough money to go Somewhere. Where ? Only the wind knows. Only the wind knows where the gypsy tree will go next.

I don't want to move , but circumstances are sometimes out of my hands. The days have warmed and the tractor should come soon to plow the rows. I have found a sprinkler system that should work . I am  tired yes. Very disappointed indeed. My heart is somewhat icy and all i can focus on is my children. I have a year here , and I will do all I can to enjoy myself because that is what life is for. I shall not dwell on sadness. It is unbecoming.

The change of season has for some reason left me ill. My ears are unwell and the boy has brought home some type of illness that hit my ears nose and throat for sure.

The Seed List

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has
been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed
there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.
- Henry David ThoreauSo I decided that I would Share my seed List thus far. A quarter of my seeds came from seeds I found discounted a few years ago (and may not do best with Germ rates) , and most of My Seeds came from Abceeds.com Heirloom Master Gardner Seed Pack

No need to note that I also supplemented with anything I may have come across elsewhere. LOL

Peas :
Early Bird
Dwarf Sugar
Snow
Green Arrow

Okra:
Dwarf Green
Clemson Spineless

Brassicas :
Brussels
Cauliflower
Waltham Brocolli
Radish
Red Cabbage
SwissChard
turnip
beet

Squah:
Yellow Croonkneck
Black Zuchini
Dark Zuchini

Cucumbers:
Mucher
Pickleinhg
Marketmore

Pumpkin:
Howdin
Sugar Baby

The Odd Ones:
Salsify
Parsnip
Kalidescope Carrots
Broom Corn
Spinach
Mustard Green

Melons :
Vales Best Jumbo
Charleston Grey
Crimson Sweet
Early Bird
Orange Tendersweet

Tomatoes:
Beefsteak
Large Red Cherry
Medium Red
Rutgers Selecet
Gardners Delight
Delicious
Tiny Tim
Roma
Red Lightning
Yellow Stuffer

Gourds:
Crown of Thorns
Luffa
Birdhouse
Speckled Swan
Small Warted
Pear Bi-Color
Apple

Pepper:
Cayanne
Sweet WOnder
Bananna
Jalapeno

Corn
Small Ornamental
Hopi Blue
Large Ornamental
Ornamental Pop
Stawberry
Golden Bantam
Exsperimental Early Bird

Beans:
blue lake
tender green
kentucky wonder
french
exsperimental

Lettuce:
Bon Vivant
Mesculin
Black Seeded Simpson