Will Move For Plants!

we made it through the great shutdown! :) a lot of people wrote to their congressmen and women and i think that is absolutely wonderful! it's so easy to blame problems that we have on solely the president while forgetting that the very people we vote in to represent our districts personally are failing us miserably as well. accountability for all, hm? while i can't say that i'm pleased that congressional workers are getting a days worth of extension per month that they've drawn this whole thing out, i am elated that other government workers will receive their paychecks and that our military is set through september.

on to survival! it's been a busy few days for us-- LOTS of packing, doctor's appointments for me and baby calvin (who is doing beautifully! growing perfectly!), a trip to the beach, getting some things in order for alabama, and some gardening!!!!!!!

these are about 2/3 of my tomatoes, a fig tree, watermelon, okra, some beans and a few pots that look like they've just had a small layer of dirt dumped in them for show. those will hopefully be perennial flowers that i can use to decorate our yard! i only need a few to make it! :)

pepper plants, blackberry bushes (that have REAL blackberries on them!!) and the ever resilient pea plant

my greenhouse that has served me very well the last few weeks. it holds my growing herbs (dill, rosemary, thyme, sage, chamomile, basil and parsley), some more tomatoes and beans, grapefruit trees (THAT I GREW FROM SEEDS!!!! HOLY SMOKES!!! i didn't think they would actually sprout!), corn, more flowers, more peppers, strawberries, and cantaloupe.

with less than 3 weeks until we hit the ground in the new house, i must say, gardening is the act retaining all of my sanity during this move. it certainly hasn't been a difficult move thus far, and i attribute most of that to these 40+ pots. they contain a beautiful vision of what i have to look forward to in may and through the entire summer as things bloom and produce fruit, as colors pop up sporadically around our yard.

and then i think about next year, when the delphiniums will grow 2 foot shoots of blue flowers around our flag pole as the american flag waves around in the non existent wind (haha!) and the black eyed susans give a cheerful welcome to our backyard with their hidden message from home (black eyed susans are the state flower of maryland) and how jp might be able to adventure around the house with me picking blackberries and strawberries with his tiny 2 year old hands.

how could anyone be annoyed or frustrated with packing when they're packing to go to a place like that!?!? SEND ME SOME MORE BOXES!!!