Tuesday, May 7, 2013

A project for the home, any.

And so our server was down a good part of the day, CenturyLink; didn’t matter though we had places to go and people to see…Sure we did!


Today we left for the gym/rehab at around elevenish and guess what? Not only did I remember my cooling vest, I did ten minutes on the arm cycle, same as always, but… upped ten more reps on the slanted board!
From there we went over to Wally World so I could do my latest project and their prices fit our budget.
Below you will see what’s what; an indoor herb garden was on the agenda, especially since we all love good fun to grow herbs. But here’s where it gets a little iffy, since our kitchen is in a great room with the only window a nine foot picture window actually in the living-room and it faces north where the sun is now nearly summer! While in the winter that is just honky dory since the sun is in our back windows to the south, thus our sun-room location. Got that? Hubby helped me to get it… directions jokes fondly not accepted, what the heck, go ahead. And yes, my herbs need full sun, but this is diffused light since that large window has an overhang exteriorly.
Acclimation is what I am hoping for, but if all else fails they may be wintering in the sun-room or if that fails, last resort, out-side under Hubby’s care, which he is not that thrilled with.
What brought this on, believe it or not was the Kentucky Derby, yep, I asked Hubby to buy a mint plant from the grocery to help with making our yearly mint juleps.
Why buy dry or extract when you can have the real thing, but I do know that mint has a way of taking over gardens and so I felt if it was contained indoors that might be a better way. Plus with me trying to garden again this time inside in Florida, weird to me, our seven houseplants needed friends. To think I used have thirty-three in NJ, houseplants that is. Gave quite a few away when we moved to Florida and the ones I took to Florida I planted in our first home’s garden, never thinking we were moving ever again… this is our third Florida home, but last, sure hope so anyway!
Back to this evening’s quickie project, like falling off a horse really.
First get a container that suits your specific needs and size in this case does matter! The one below is two feet long by only 6.15 inches high and 7.5 inches deep. It is lightweight plastic with an attached saucer and a support wire to retain its shape, nice touch and believe it or not it cost only $6.97?
Each potted herb was $3.38 each, the seeds were only $1.28 and Hubby never said how much he paid for the very large peppermint plant, oh well, since it was at the grocery it was probably twice as much but it was also twice as large too.
Below are the herbs, not most usual suspects, a bit unique for some…English lavender, chocolate mint, peppermint, cilantro, and lastly dill seeds were planted. Hopefully, the aroma in our home has been upped too! Who doesn’t love that?
 









On that note of something to talk about, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know who and we will too!



And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?!

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