Kitten ear growth, and no leaf miners yet!

Well, I applied the garlic powder to my soil and leaves of the collards on Sunday, and today is Tuesday and I see NO FURTHER DAMAGE FROM LEAF MINERS!!! I am so excited and happy!!! I tell ya...Claude over at Random Rants and Prickly Plants is a genius!!! It's true, Claude, and you know it!!! LOL!

Thanks to all of you for all of your sweet comments on my silly posts. I appreciate you all.

Oh...I also got my Moms garden of collards fertilized and garlic'd up yesterday.

My Kitten Ear plant...all fuzzy and cute is putting out new growth, as you see here! This little plant is such a mystery...very weird growth and dying habits. As I have said before on htis blog, you will think it is dead and gone, and then BOOM...it puts out new growth! These little babies are just precious!!!




Have a wonderful day!!!

An Award!

I recieved an award from Not So Angry Redhead, and would like to say thankyou to her, and also pass it along to all my regular readers...as you know I feel all of you deserve a little Sunshine Love Award!!! So grab it for your blog, if you wish to!!! With loads of love...Julie

Happy Cactus and Succulent Monday!

Garlic powder applied!!!

Just a quiick note to tell everyone that I removed all the leaf miner damaged leaves from my collard plants yesterday, then sprinkled a good dose of garlic powder on the soil in my tires and watered it in (this morning), and then sprinkled some on the wet leaves (both top and bottom)! This treatment was recommended by my blog friend, Claude, at Random Rants and Prickly PLants. I had removed the damaged leaves yesterday, and did not see any further leaf miner problems today. I am keeping my fingers crossed and will definately report back on the rest of the growing time to see what happens. I am so happy Claude knew of this and I didn't have to do the soapy/garlic spraying. YEAH!!!!! Thanks Claude!!! Hooray for garlic powder!!!!!

I'm freakin freezin Mom!!!

My Mom had to put on my sweater this morning after we got out of our cozy flannel bed...it was only 50 degrees out! Hey...this is terrible since I am supposed to be living in sunny south Florida!!! Anyway...I am feeling better now. I was shivering and all I could do was stand there until my Mom figured it out...but actually it was my Dad who realized my condition and came to my rescue...insisting Mom do something! What a good Dad.

Guess what? My human brother (one of them) and a friend drove from Louisiana to Miami and they get to go to the Super Bowl today!!! How exciting! My brother LOVES football, and this will be something BIG for him! The best part is that he will be able to stop by and see us on his way back home!!!

Seriously though, the weather in Miami will be wonderful for the game! Cool, breezy, and sunny! I am so happy for the players and fans! My family will be watching from the comfort of home, probably eating some of their yummy human food, which I plan to either steal or beg for (they usually cave)!

Happy Super Bowl Sunday everyone!!!

Collards update!

Well it looks like I have some type of Cabbage worms on my collard leaves (actually IN my collard leaves)! The get inside the leaf and burrow along eating, and it leaves white streaks of damage as you can see below!

I was going to try mixture of both soapy solution and garlic juice mixed together and spray on the plants, but then I also read that you can plant marigolds in your garden to keep them at bay! I got some planted today...so wish me luck! I really don't want to make garlic juice in my house...ewww...stinky!!! I am determined for them to be organic! Some of my plants are quite vigorous and I think in about 2 weeks I may be able to start harvesting the outer larger leaves! This is gonna be delicious!!!!!

Valentine ATC in the succulents!

I got to looking up other vintage embroidery patterns, and came upon this little scotty dog who was so adorable...I used his image to make an ATC! I decided there was no way to actually make him black and show his eyes and other features as they should be, so I drew him out a little darker than the rest of the image. The flower, ribbon, and hat are colored in with Sharpies, and over the top of the more red color I used a sparkly shiny glue to give some sheen and shimmer. I don't think I am done with it yet, but when I am, I plan on sending it to my BIL and SIL in Louisiana...and their sweet litle Scotty dog named Finnigan!

Silly little doodle...

Donovan came home with this cute little Ronald McDonald last weekend, and it has ended up sitting around on my table here...so...while Emily was sleeping and Donovan was here building a puzzle with me, I did a quick sketch of Ronny McD. I had bought a little book with pen attached for my purse, and it hadn't quite made it into my purse yet...so Ronald leads the way to further actions in this little notebook...how sweet!!!

My life...

I have been spending a few hours at night...in the wee hours of the night, making handsewn felt ATC's. So far I have managed only two! I haven't shown them yet, because I have sent them out as surprises to folks who read my blog! I still have to send one out...so I figure in a week or so I can show them. I have taken pictures, so will not forget.

I have been spending my time giving good quality time to my grandchildren! I am so in love with them...it is hard sometimes to let their parents have them! Yesterday their Dad and my daughter and I took them to a little carnival at a Catholic Church down the street. They both enjoyed it so much! We all rode a few rides, and the local Knights of Columbus were selling freshly made cannolis...so we all tried a bit of it. Delicious!!! Donovan wanted cotton candy...do you think he got any? Of course he did!!!!! LOL! It was a gorgeous, and perfect day...breezy nad cool...but no sweaters needed, which was nice. We all got home and took a nap...all together and at the same time...(a miracle)!!!

My husband had gone for a hike and saw his beloved animals! He sees wild turkeys, alligators, birds of all types, wild hogs, etc. He worries about them, especially when water levels are too low. Of course, he napped when he got home too! It was a house of sleep for about 1 hour!!!

I cooked a beef roast in my crock pot all day and my son made a vegetable mixture for us to go with it for dinner...very yummy!

My collards are looking so good outside in the tire garden! I only wish I could make them grow faster so I can EAT them! It is sort of a slow torture for me to see them all day every day out my kitchen window!!! LOL!

Well, just wanted to let you know that things are rolling along here, as they should be...and to say hi. Hope everyone is doing well. Talk to you again soon, and hopefully will have some pictures!!!
xoxo- Julie

Free vintage patterns for embroidery!

If anyone who comes to my blog is interested (even minimally) in embroidering vintage patterns, please consider visting a blog I just discovered this evening. It is done by Floresita at My Vintage Transfers, where you can actually click on the pattern picture and it will enlarge and you can print it out. By using a transfer pen, you can trace it, then iron it onto your fabric and you are ready to go! (She has the mirror image there, so it will come out perfect)!


For any cactus Monday members, she even has a few cactus designs that are adorable! They are free to use and not under copyright...so I'm just sayin...have fun there!!!
xoxo- Julie