We thought this Lunapic effect looked like a garden itself! Well, except for the turquoise kitty, haha…
I do my bit for mama’s spring plantings!
Lavendar calms my spirit. As does our sage plant, which is attracting bees!
These bags of mulch, called paillee de chaunvre, or hemp straw, are wonderful for keeping out weeds and for nourishing the soil. We also have some pretty good stuff from the donks and Pompinette, the mule, decomposed….
Thank heaven.
So that’s out art for today. The art of fertilization…
Your garden looks to be such a peaceful oasis! Its gorgeous!
We do 90% of our ‘gardening’ in patio pots…our soil is not good, too sandy, and full of iron. So we can control it better in pots…and with the way too many walnut trees we have around here, the soil is also poisonous for a lot of plants, esp Tomatoes.
Love your turquoise coat, LouLou! A new fashion trend, eh??!
OH, walnut trees!!! Mama would go mad if they are producing walnuts. Wow. And tomatoes in pots are nice, too. Just have to feed them more often.
I don’t think you would enjoy our walnuts very much…they are mostly inedible…filled with worms! Even before they fall to the ground. Everything under the tree turns black, and they really do make a big mess. Squirrels love them, though….LOL!
Did you know that there are medicines made from the black walnut trees?? Good for getting rid of worms…Blech!
WHOA…taking worms for worms? Now tht’s a new one on me! So sorry they are not the edibles. Mama loves them and they make a fine liqueur, too, evidently.
I think you might be thinking of the English walnut, which is a different species.
Black:Juglans Nigra
English: Juglans Regla
Actuually the English walnut is Pesian in origin, but called English nowadays because of the English merchants who brought it to other countries.
Here’s a link to an article about using walnuts medicinally.
https://draxe.com/nutrition/black-walnut/
Here’s one for gardeners:
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2005/jul/070701.htm
WOW, thank you so much. I think the edible kind make a sort of wonderful ‘medicine’, too, in that they are used in a liqueur that is delish! Love your bone story, Benji.
What a beautiful garden you already have, LouLou, we still have terrible weather, so our flowers are not in bloom yet🙏Your artwork turned out very nice, we like the turquoise on your back💙Double Pawkisses for a Happy Sunday to you and your peeps too🐾😽💞
Oh, so sorry for the wather and it WILL change…(as most things do, mama says). Love to you, Stippie and Peachy and Granny.
Love the turquoise color in the Lunapic filter Loulou…..it’s like wearing a colorful sweater. Your Mama’s garden looks amazing. Nice of the donks to “contribute” !!!!
Love, Teddy
Oh, boy, did they ever. We had kiwis for 5 months! I’m glad you can vicariously enjoy our flowers and veggies.
Beautiful rose, but not as pretty as you LouLou. XO
Awwww…Merci, Ms E, those are lovin’words.
Turning ugly bio-mess into pretty flowers is a great art!
Well, maman Nature does most of it, merci, Mother.
Beautiful garden pics LouLou ! That blue one of you really accents your luxurious fur ! Who is watching Mama’s garden while she galivants ?
My kitty sitter is keeping an eye on it. Mama is doing her tomato planting early and praying, haha. And there is a young man who will come and clean up things when necessary and make sure things are growing but we have a major water problem in France…no watering except before 9 in morning and after 6 in evening, and two villages are cut off from water entirely because their wells are dry. Global changes.
So, the donks have a use after all, huh Loulou?
Hahaha!
Oui, but we love their soft lips, too.