Scarecrow = best friend??

Please try not to be terrified by our very scary scarecrow. It is terrifying and scary and named Tatiyana (?) Please do not be surprised, all of the scariest scarecrows have names favored by Russian princesses.

We used Bunny's old clothes and stuffed it, I'm sorry, we stuffed Tatiyana with shopping bags. Ok, so maybe it doesn't seem that scary right now, but the birds and squirrels are sure to be terrified, right?

I realized that making the scarecrow wasn't just a cute concept and was more of a necessity when I came home one day and saw that SOMETHING had eaten an entire basil plant that I had purchased at Home Depot. So far, the rest of the seedlings have survived but I am not taking any chances once we transplant to the garden. Tatiyana will be standing guard starting Day 1.

Trips to Home Depot have also yielded some nice additions to the front yard - mini container gardens! Hopefully these will be nice and full by mid-summer.

See the full photo set here.

Luv, chris

Digital Macro is the Way to Go, Yo!

Capturing images in the garden has just taken on a whole new life with this little setting on my camera known as digital macro. Apparently Bryce has known about it all along because he used it in school for a digital animation project. He simply neglected to tell me about it. His response "I thought you knew everything" At 12 years old, it is at times difficult to discern if he is being honest or facetious...I'm gonna go with honest, this time...

Almost a week out from the day we planted the seedlings and we now have basil sprouts joining the roundup.