Got the stuff in the mail and many thanks!

I’m modeling the booty (not that kind of booty!) on my blog:
http://persephoneinbloom.blogspot.com/2009/11/woohoo-randomness-revolution-will-be.html

Thanks again,
Persephone

I don’t have an active blog, and hope I didn’t miss the deadline (I”m right at the wire!!) but here are my 7 plants…

1. Lemon balm – newly discovered this year, I love how easily it grows, how you can use it for everything from injuries to making iced tea to using it in salads.

2. Zucchini – it grows like nuts here in rocky cold Newfoundland!! For a first-time gardener, it made me pretty happy.

3. Lavender. Haven’t yet grown it, but the scent makes me so happy.

4. Any kind of ivy really.

5. Strawberry and raspberry plants! Yep that’s two in one…

6. Blackberry bushes. I did a lot of blackberry picking in Newfoundland this year, lots of thorny cuts and scrapes, but somehow its more than worth it.

7. Rose bushes that produce rosehips… yum. Full of vitamin C, good to make syrup, tea, jelly, jam with and they have more vit C than an orange does in just one teeny rosehip…

Seven things I love about fall.

1. Leaves, leaves, leaves…to look at, to put in my compost, to mulch with.
2. Waking up to a light frost. It looks like someone has glazed my back yard.
3. Uncovering the paper wrapped tomatoes in the basement and savoring every last bit of these precious red jewels.
4. Clearing out my veggie plots. By the end of summer they look pretty ragged. Cleaning them out helps me remember that spring will come again.
5. Walking through the garden making notes about what worked, what didn’t, what needs to be moved, split, etc.
6. Knowing that I won’t have to weed for at least 5 months.
7. Loving the circle of the seasons, the circle of life.

Here we go…Seven Things I Want to Accomplish in Our Yard!

http://mrsmallard.blogspot.com/2009/10/seven-things_20.html

xxoo, jenn

1. It helps me get off my ass and out of the house.

2. It’s one of my less expensive hobbies.

3. It’s something my fiance and I can do together. And separately. And it’s something we can talk about at dinner or on car rides.

4. The neighborhood cat has decided my garden rocks, spending a great deal of his day here. I’m one of the few in the neighborhood who not only gets to pet this cat, but he’ll come running up to me sometimes.

5. I love that I can feed my fiance from my garden.

6. He and I learn about biology, botany, chemistry and all sorts of sciency stuff through growing, harvesting, cooking, and storing things from our veggie-&-fruit garden.

7. If the weather’s the least bit nice, my messy overrun, underpampered, slightly-neglected, well-loved garden is my Happy Place to be.

1. Mint– love to make Moroccan Mint Tea (10-15 fresh mint leaves, 1 tsp of gunpowder green tea, a spoonful of sugar or honey– steep for 2 minutes)

2. Cranberry Hibiscus is pretty AND delicious

3. sleeping near a Bella Donna is reported to give you vivid dreams. I have had a pretty crazy dreaming experience dreaming next to this flower.

4. Basil– especially eaten with fresh picked tomatoes

5. various pine trees– because I grew up with them. The woods don’t smell like the woods without the scent of pine. Tamarac is my favorite.

6. Aloe– this is my mositurizer

7. lemongrass– it’s fun to look at, smells amazing and makes an excellent tea (put a handful in your pot of water and bring to boil)

I’m excited… and a little shy about sharing my link. Maybe it’s kind of like looking in the mirror. Who am I really (as a gardener)? My current day-to-day interests tend toward succulents, but if you ask me to put together a list like this, it turns personal. It’s other plants… plants that I’ve had a long, long relationship with. I was a little surprised.

http://saltteakandfog.blogspot.com/2009/10/7-planty-things.html

My favourite is the oxalis. I don’t feel tempted to become a collector. I’d be satisfied with just one specimen, as long as it was ‘Burgundy Bliss’ (well named.) It’s the Daily Botanical today so I was treated to a double-dose. Yum.

So…I decided to play along and wrote a post on the 7 things I love about my favourite autumn tree.

Writing is hard and painful and writing a meme is doubly hard and painful.

At the moment I’m experiencing cold feet (or cold fingers) about linking to it here….but it’s such a pretty tree, it can stand alone without my words so here it is http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/2009/10/16/katsura-tree-in-autumn-colour-light-other-good-things.html

Here is my link to my 7 things and I hope I can get something free :)
http://persephoneinbloom.blogspot.com/2009/10/finally-my-seven-things-you-grow-girl.html