freecycle rules

I occasionally read the local freecycle messages. I'm never fast enough to catch the good stuff- yarn, fabric, tables, etc. I was able to score some tomato cages a few weeks ago, which was pretty good luck. Last week someone posted two bags of ephemera. I emailed, and I won! I expected two bags of crap like old school papers, magazines and stuff. I was so so wrong. I hit the jackpot!

There was a pile of old family photos, several pamphlets and advertisements, some adorable greeting cards that I am going to decorate with on Valentine's and St. Patty's, and the greatest scrapbook ever.

It was originally an old ledger that a child reused as a sketchbook, then a scrapbook to save articles, poems, and recipes. I'll start posting scans of the old advertisements and recipes soon. Until then, here is some of the stuff I scored:


old family photos from around the Midwest


Several old pamplets and advertisements


Valentine's


the ledger...from 1833 through the early 1900s

Green Thumb Sunday

One of six lavender plants that I have purchased. It's blooming, but only becasue I bought it last week. Of the other five, one was also purchased last week, one is hanging in there, and three are long gone.



A lone bud on the dwarf coreopsis.



My dianthus, coming back. I bought these at annuals, pretty much killed the whole flat in one morning (no water + sun + heat = waste of money). I planted the few that still looked moderately green, and this one is coming back. I am hoping it will survive the winter and become a perennial for me.



I planted a whole packet of lobelia seeds, and this is the only one that grew.

Green Thumb Sunday



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another month

That I have not posted in. I wish I had terribly exciting garden pictures to post, but...my dog ran over all of my sunflowers, two lavender plants, and the rose in my backyard. My green beans have finally taken off, but my peas didn't even sprout. My zinnias look like crap, and only about half the seeds I sprouted planted. Maybe by the end of the weekend some will be blooming and I can grab a pic!