Keeping Up Appearances

I feel like I'm starting to fall behind on my blogs again. I just have a really hard time keeping these things going for long. The last few days have been a blur of hectic work and more work. Wednesdays always suck for me, and David's been working late at the bookstore as well.

I got my garden set up the other day... well, mostly, anyway. It's looking really nice already, and I can't wait to get the rest of the stuff I need to get it finished. I currently have tomatoes (yeah, I know it's a mite early for them, but I'm a gambler), broccoli, lettuce, parsley, basil and thyme. I'm also planning for peas, carrots and something else that will vine up on the trellis. I'm leaning towards peppers or cucumbers. I'd really like to grow strawberries as well, but I don't have anymore space, and I don't think they'll climb the trellis, will they? I need to get some coconut liners for the baskets and the other planter before I get those plants going, though.

I made a really cute pennent for the tomatoes. I took a bit of floral patterned linen and hemmed it with a decorative vine stitch. Then I used one of those Aunt Martha's iron-on transfers of tomatoes and embroidered it in the center. I'm going to get some dowel rods for it, and stake it in the tomatoes tomorrow. I got some more transfers for the other plants I'm growing, and plan to make little flags and pennants for all of them. I'm really proud of the one I've done so far. It looks like something you could buy at a fancy garden shop or something. I wonder if they'd sell on Etsy? I really ought to get some pics put up on here of all my hard work.