Projects up the Wahoo

I have been a busy little bee these last few months, building, the bookshelves in that back room, and an overhaul of that space in general.
This is a picture of the shelves mid-stock, after my mother dropped off every book I've ever owned, which she's been saving in boxes in the basement since I moved out.

These puppies are made out of pine (uprights) and MDF (shelves). That was fun, as it seems that "12 inch" pine really means 11 inches, and "12 inch" MDF really IS 12 inches. I wish they would standardize that sort of thing.




Here's a BEFORE photo:



Anyway, between those shelves and the Lucky Clover sweater from Stitch N' Bitch Nation, my fingers have been busy lately. I am almost done the sweater; I hope to sew it up this weekend.

Also on my horizon are a number of babies. Spring has sprung and there are mummies everywhere - my friend in BC is expecting in a month, my friend here in town is expecting this summer, Angelina Jolie is getting ready to burst, my my there are babies everywhere. I would say it's something in the water, except that I drink a ton of water and am getting nowhere in my quest. I don't think that's how babies are made. In better news, I have learned that I have a standard body temperature of about 36.2. What a freak I am. Truely a cold fish.

My Gro-op is in full swing in the basement. The seeds are reluctant to start this year (can't I conceive ANYTHING?), i don't know if I just need new packets of seeds, or to stop trying to save them from the peppers I buy at the store. So far I've got two kinds of tomatoes, yellow zucchini, thai basil, tarragon, and oh my, i guess I really didn't put much thought into it this year huh. I need to get started on my cukes, pumpkins (from last year's surprise pumpkins! Yay!), regular italian basil for pesto, and maybe some nicotiana. I have eggplants, ground cherries, hot cherry peppers and red peppers on the go as well but I've not seen hide nor hair of them. I also have some of these puppies waiting to germinate, we'll see what happens here. Perhaps I can grow enough of these so that I won't have to repaint my house this year.

I have also started a number of seeds from a dragon fruit, slices of which I found on a chi-chi poo-poo deli tray at work. I picked the little seeds out before eating the fruit, and soaked them in a paper towel until they germinated. Now the little seedlings are all poking out of the dirt, just happy to be alive. I am excited, and i see future gifts of Dragonfruit seedlings on the horizon for all of my family and friends. I have probably 35 seedlings so far.

I guess that's all the news that's fit to tell. Nothing's going on in the garden yet, though a few perennials are poking their little heads out of the ground. I have to re-seed the lawn because it's currently a mole-torn disaster, but it needed it anyway. My lawn is terrible. I am thinking clover.

Stay tuned for more seedling excitement, plus possibly some news on that Lucky Clover sweater!