Haven of Creativity

These photos are of the Farmers Market in Lititz Springs Park from last week. I know the weather is iffy for this week, but who knows, maybe we’ll get lucky! I’m excited to be sharing a stand with Lisa of Sweet Charlotte’s Boutique! I will offer herb plants, veggie plants & flowers, linen/room sprays, lavender sleep pillows & sachets, and as the season goes on, fresh cut herbs and my own blends of potpourri! I’ll be praying for good weather on Thursday evenings, for sure. The Market is open from 4:30 pm to dusk. Please stop out and see what the other vendors have , as well as what the featured food truck is offering.

I hope to see some familiar faces each week as well as meeting new people. This is a new venture, and with that comes a little anxiety, but once we plunge in it’ll be wonderful. We have a lot of prepping to do, so expect new things each week as we keep learning and expanding. Lovin’ Lititz every Thursday!

 

This past weekend I had some down time since it was raining and I also started with a sore throat and cough. I thought I’d work on a needle felting project. I made a flamingo for my granddaughter, for her pre-K graduation, but I forgot to take it with me to the graduation! Of course I remembered it as I was parking. I will give it to her soon!  I worked on a llama and I’m pleased with how it turned out! I’m still learning the craft, so I am enjoying kits and YouTube videos to work on my skills. Here are the finished products! Here are the kits if you’re interested in trying them! Click for the , click for the .

I have also again started making roses out of coffee filters. I made a lot of them about 10 years ago, and have been wanting more roses around the house and to give as gifts, so I started working on them again. I’ll post pictures as I complete them.

Sometimes you make plans, and then things happen–like getting sick. Yesterday was so beautiful, finally, and I was laying on the bed or couch all day. Today I’m feeling a little better and hopefully tomorrow even better. The weather looks good for tomorrow so I hope to get out and plant some things after work. I have a lot of flowers, herbs and veggies in the greenhouse just waiting to get planted! I can’t want to taste the cucumbers and salsa I’ll make and see all the flowers in bloom.

 

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This weekend there are so many plant sales locally, and one of my favorites is the Master Gardner plant sale in Lebanon.  Years ago I was a part of the Amateur Herbalists group that meets there monthly. I hope to return soon, as I’ve really missed it! It is always fun and informative, you meet like-interest people and leave with a project, instructions or information on something you wanted to know more about. The plant sale includes milkweed, which is THE food for monarch butterflies. I am excited to provide them this tasty treat to encourage the caterpillars to eat, cocoon and emerge in my backyard.

Mothers day is the rule of thumb when it comes to planting, but looking ahead this week, we look safe with nighttime temperatures, so I think I’ll live on the wild side and put some of my herbs and flowers in the ground this weekend. I bought an when I was impatient this winter and wanted herbs. It was the best purchase!  The grow light throws off so much light, that I started some plants on a table in front of it and rotated them to get adequate light. The plants in the grew so fast, and in time at all I was pinching off basil leaves, arugula leaves and parsley. Even though I have all of my plants in the greenhouse now, I still use my in the kitchen.

If you have bleeding hearts planted, I’m sure you are enjoying them, because if they are like mine, they are beautiful! With the cool, wet spring so far, they are really putting on a show. The rhododendron and azaleas are also very beautiful and colorful this year. Potted plants are a wonderful solution to a small outdoor space and make a nice, easy herb garden right out your back door. I like the portability of pots because I can move them around and create different focal points as they get bigger.

I hope you are looking forward to something fun this weekend that may include some garden time. It’s time now (before it’s too hot) to weed, plant and mulch. then with continued, regular weeding you can soon be enjoying your veggies and herbs and flowers. I love this time of year!