Feel My Felt: Say No to Mud

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Say No to Mud

These are pictures of last spring in my backyard.

A little while ago I got a magazine in the mail and I was meaning to share a little of it with you. It's called Birds and Blooms. It only comes out every other month so I'm constantly going to my back issues for my garden fixes. I love looking at gardens. Flowers make me happy. I have shelves of gardening books and magazines. I can never get bored with anything in nature.

Living in New England has advantages and disadvantages when it comes to keeping a garden.

Sometimes after a long cold winter we're over anxious to get out and get things started.

I would just like to pass on this bit of info for any impatient gardeners out there reading this.

This wisdom holds true no matter where you live.

I'll write it here for those that can't read the picture.

Working soil that is too wet can actually cause long term damage.

Squeeze a handful of soil --- if it crumbles through your fingers, you're ready to garden.
Otherwise give it a few days to dry.

xox ~Elaine

5 comments:

Kitty said...: Those are beautiful photographs. I really must get a better camera so I can take some better photographs. (Of course, it could be the photographer that's the problem here?!) x; February 21, 2008 at 5:57 AM
Anonymous said...: I love your garden shed! All those lovely things hanging off it , it looks fab!

nope, my name is definately Bev but feel free to call my Louise if you'd like to! ;o) hehe; February 21, 2008 at 7:53 AM
Anonymous said...: Kitty, thank-you I've been visiting your fun blog for some time. This camera is good outside but a flash inside washes all color away. =) Bev, I somehow found you by clicking the archives on Louise's blog. It was a happy mistake and I will be back to read more. Thank-you both for the visit. . xox~Elaine; February 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM
this is my patch said...: Hi Elaine, these garden pictures are lovely. I love people's blogs, they are always giving me inspiration, I love your idea of how to brighten up a shed. Your plants look so colourful and healthy, they are fab. What a great place to live in New England, somewhere which I hope to one day visit. I had a feeling you had clicked on to Yummy in my Tummy, isn't it a great blog, Bev is some cook and she takes great photos too. I am still learning on the photography front, you should see some of my binned shots! x; February 22, 2008 at 9:22 AM
nydampress said...: Also, it should be noted your buoy collection rocks!; February 26, 2008 at 8:40 AM

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Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
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If life deals you lemons, make lemonade
If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain
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If you can't beat em, join em
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen
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In the midst of life we are in death
Into every life a little rain must fall
It goes without saying
It never rains but it pours
It takes a thief to catch a thief
It takes one to know one
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It's the empty can that makes the most noise
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Jack of all trades, master of none
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Keep your powder dry
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Laughter is the best medicine
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Let sleeping dogs lie
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Marry in haste, repent at leisure
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Misery loves company
Money doesn't grow on trees
Money makes the world go round
Money talks
More haste, less speed
Music calms the savage beast
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Never judge a book by its cover
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
No rest for the wicked
Nothing is certain but death and taxes
Oil and water don't mix
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away
One good turn deserves another
One hand washes the other
Only fools and horses work
Opportunity only knocks once
Out of sight, out of mind
Pearls of wisdom
Penny wise - pound foolish
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Possession is nine tenths of the law
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Practice makes perfect
Pride comes before a fall
Procrastination is the thief of time
Put your best foot forward
Red skies at night sailor's delight, red skies in morning sailors take warning
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Shuffle your feet, lose your seat
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Speak softly and carry a big stick
Still waters run deep
Stupid is as stupid does
Talk is cheap
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
The best defence is a good offence
The boy is father to the man
The cobbler's children have no shoes
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The early bird catches the worm
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The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
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The pen is mightier than sword
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The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
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There's more than one way to skin a cat
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There's one born every minute
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas
Time and tide wait for no man
Time is a great healer
To err is human, to forgive divine
To the victor go the spoils
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive
Tomorrow never comes
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Truth is stranger than fiction
Two heads are better then one
Two wrongs don't make a right
Walk softly but carry a big stick
Waste not want not
What goes around , comes around
When the cat's away the mice will play
Where there's smoke there's fire.
Where there's a will there's a way
Worrying never did anyone any good
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
You can't get blood from a stone
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
You can't make bricks without straw
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Youth is wasted on the young

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Say No to Mud

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