Spring at Last

Yummy chocolate swirl from Dover Publications

I am loving have my windows open! So nice and perfectly warm here not too hot and not too cold. I joined http://www.freecycle.org/ and also http://www.listia.com/ recently. I also am on http://www.craigslist.com/ for my area where I am located. Freecycle is about giving away and receiving things for free. Listia is a points based bidding system to get things for free and list your items to give away. Craiglist is another way to get things for free or sometimes pay little to nothing for them. Just thought you might want to check these out. Happy recycling! By the way reading books from your public library is a form of recycling too.

ON A FRIDAY NIGHT

Well I did it. I planted the basil seeds that came with a box of Triscuits purchased recently. I have taken some pictures of the process of soaking the square cardboard in water for 4 hours today. Then you peel the cardboard apart which reveals the seeds. Glenna's Garden studio always has a pot and the best potting soil to put in it. So then you can dig around and plant your seeds fairly shallow. There was a white gluey substance around the seeds after soaking them. It made them sticky. Easy to pick up one at a time. It was fun! Now we wait and see. Of course up here in Manchester, NH it really isn't a good idea to plant much outdoors yet. So this is an indoor project. I love fresh basil.....don't you?

First you soak! I soaked for the full 4 hours.

Then you peel apart the cardboard and plant the seeds!

You can even use the cardboard empty Triscuit box. Use it as protectors for shipping flat items like I do from Glenna's Garden sometimes! Just cut it up any size you may need. If you recycle don't forget to recycle cardboard. Many new Spring items are listed already and more to come in the next day or two so be sure to check out Glenna's Garden at http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/