Talk to your plants

I sewed up two potato bags this week.  They'll be decorating the back yard covering up two of the holes that the dogs had been digging in, when they still lived with us.  I'll need about twenty more to cover ALL the damage...  But two is a good start.  I plan to plant some blueberries and other fruit bearing shrubbery out there too, but that might be later in the spring.

I used the covering that used to hold in our old memory foam mattress.  The memory foam itself was used up for cushions and dog beds, but the covering with the zipper sat in my stash for a couple years now as I wondered what to do with it.  I cut the zipper off for a cushion cover that I plan to do someday.  

The eggs and salt shaker are there to give the bags some size and shape images for you in case you want to make some. 

Or eat.

There.  Now it'll grow potatoes.  I used a cover over it with some tan burlapy stuff that I had in my stash.  Two big lined sacks, with darts on the bottom allowing a hole the size of my fist in the bottom for drainage. 

Now all I need is time to put dirt in them and plant the potato bits.  I bought some yukon gold potato starters as those are my favorite.  

Maybe today...

Meri's day care didn't start back up with the gusto she was hoping for.  Two of the families, (3 kids), are too afraid to come back quite yet.  Give them time.  With an arrangement with Meri, they were able to save their spots.  But with a mortgage to pay for...  yuck.  She had one 3 year old Friday morning.  Oops 4 year old!  M had had a birthday on the Leap Year day!  So really she's one...  But she's a cutie and has QUITE the attitude!  No wonder her mom sent her back to daycare! lol!  

I had a stack of things, including a rolling pin, to take to Meri's, socially aware delivery...  and as soon as I got in the car with everything, I accidentally poked the bag of flour with my keys.  

sigh...  

My car looks like a drug deal went south.  

Thankfully she has a flour container to dump it into so it won't fly all over her house as well.

The local schools are giving out free lunches to the school-agers and occasionally I've been picking them up for Leon.  I did Thursday at the tail end of their lunch time but got one for him.  I took it home and Leon had already had lunch.  oh...  

So I ate it.  There was no condiments on the bologna sandwich at all, so I put some horseradish/mayo stuff that I had in the fridge on it.  OOHOOHHH... it was good!  I might have to start buying bologna again!  But I really think it was the horseradish...

The yard needs to be mowed again.  The spots where the dogs peed on it are super tall...  

I think my yard is trying to talk to me and it's yelling...

Have a good one!