my love of fleurs...

Hello again, my friends.

It's been a very busy week and has taken me longer to get here than I wanted it to.  I've been finishing up the painting of my bedroom and trying to get some work in on the garden.

I've set up a new fleur bed at the woods.  Technically, it is HOA common property, but many people have done things like this, and it won't interfere with the landscaper's work.  I was able to get it sorted and then get a bunch of fleur seeds in the ground.  yay!!

I've planted so many seeds in this small bed and am very hopeful that they will grow.  With luck and love, I'll have a cute little English style cottage garden to pick flowers from. 

Below is my little seed box.

I've got so many old packets of seeds I'd saved from my old cottage garden.  I added some to the new fleur bed and will see what happens.  If nothing comes of it, I'll dump the seeds for the birds later this summer.

All these beauties.  I really hope they take.  I so need fleurs in my life right now.  

I've so much work to do now on the veggie plot and the bedroom side of the garden.  The hydrangea desperately needs to be cut back and the blackberry is coming up like crazy.  I hope to get some time in the veggie bed tomorrow so I can get my veggies planted.  I'm starting from seeds, so...  who knows.

Yes, I'm probably being a bit over ambitious here, but with everything going on in the world, I'm really anxious about where things are headed.  I'm starting to work on my self-reliance skills. Looking into things like solar powered generators, water storage, food storage.  That sort of thing.  Honestly, I'm terrified. So, I'm hoping to grow as much food as I can and learn to can and preserve.  All the things my grandparents knew how to do, that I never learned.  I really should have spent less time reading and more time following my grandparents around as they canned, grew vegetables, sewed, fixed things around the house, etc.

At least my lettuce and spinach are coming up.  

Speaking of which, I've got to run out and cover them as we are under a frost warning tonight.

So that's what I've been up to.  Hope you have had a good week.  I'll try to get back soon with some photos of my bedroom.  I'm taking my time putting it all back together and changing some things.  I'm wanting to really make it very me and have a space I'm very comfortable in.

Anywho...

Gardening plans, anyone?  What about survival skills?  Are you worried about what could be coming with the world in chaos?  Are you ready for long power outages, shortages in food, etc?

I'm very curious and would love to know what type of plans you have, if any.

love & kisses & magical wishes...

always & forever

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yes... I know I'm spelling it in French(?) but I really love the way it looks.