A walk to the garden

Hey Friends,

I'm surprised any of you ever come back to visit. I was lying awake at 3:00 am one morning this week, remembering questions that some of you asked in past posts, which I never replied to. I'm sorry and will try to answer them in this post.

The weatherman said we could have sun, up until lunch time, then the clouds would come back bringing rain overnight. 

Well, we've still got sunshine and it's 2:27 pm. Yay! So, I wandered up to the playhouse and teeny tiny garden to have a look around...

and found things looking pretty dull and drab. 

Could I ask your opinion please...I stood looking at the "long legged tower" and thinking how the playhouse and greenhouse would look better with it gone. What do you think?

Suddenly, I find it looking awkward and out of place. I guess Poppy will have a fit. Remember back when I talked him into nailing four long legs onto that little wellhouse roof? :) Maybe I can move it to the edge of the woods and he will never notice. 

Anyhow, I swept the leaves from the playhouse floor and picked up a can or two the wind had blown about. When spring comes, I need to buy new cushions for the chair. No, I need to buy a new chair, then cushions...and paint the mirror frame a bright and cheerful orange color.

The empty garden inside the gate looked pretty drab too. In the fall when I raked up the Willow Oak leaves, which are small leaves, I spread them over the garden soil. A layer of leaves protects the soil and feeds the earthworms...besides that, it just looks warm and cozy.

Why, if it wasn't for Smokey, there'd be no fun at all in the teeny tiny garden.

I kept an eye on the sky, watching the cloud move in and thought, good grief! Why didn't we cut down all the old sweetgum trees years ago.

Sweetgum balls! What a mess they make! Many years ago I picked up several wheelbarrow loads of those pesky sweetgum balls and had a brainstorm!! I will cover the muddy path to the chicken lot with sweetgum balls! Just so happened that evening that it was Poppy who closed the chicken house door. Walking on balls was not easy and his feet shot out from under him. I remember hearing him say, "WHAT THE H---". I spent the next day raking up sweetgum balls. 

one more picture from my trip up to the teeny tiny garden...

and greenhouse. Three years ago our neighbor Ann brought this little dying plant, saying she was going to throw it out but thought I might want it. I stuck it in a pot with fresh soil, and here it is now. Such a determined little plant, the cold doesn't seem to bother it. 

and now to answer a few questions...

A few weeks back I posted a picture of our soon to be new neighbor Steve...

Connie, at "Far Side of Fifty" asked if the new neighbor had something to do with the cutover across from our property. Well, no, thankfully. Steve and his wife bought land at the end of the dirt path. A beautiful piece of property with a creek that flows across the back. Maybe another year and they both will retire and build a home here. We are looking forward to that. 

Leigh, at Five Acres and a Dream asked if the vet suggested giving Heidi...

something that would build up her blood as she is very anemic. No, the vet did not. Leigh, I thought I had your email address, but could not find it...I wanted to ask your opinion about giving her something. Gwen had mentioned Redcell, but also warned about possibly over-dosing. Gwen also suggested molasses and I have tried a bit of that. 

and my blogging friend at "Coffee on the Porch with Me" asked the size of our little goat barn...

Poppy says it's probably 10' x 12' and the attached little bedroom is about 6' x 8'.  I'm crazy about the little barn and when it's clean and filled with hay and the afternoon sun shines in...I am tempted to move in with the goats. 

Sorry this is so long and boring. Hope to be back soon. The days are getting longer...and February is the month to cut back rose bushes...here anyway. 

Thank you friends!

Love,

Henny