Day 78 Ahhhhhhh...nice!

This was stuck under a boot on my front step when I came home today...doesn't the soup sound dee lish?

Day 78 Banana Pond

I am on Facebook (I know...groooooan, but...) anyway I joined a group called CARP (Canadian artist-run ponds). The purpose of this group is:

Form networking to wetworking....

1. For exchange of technical info and documentation (pics and journals) of ponds, water features, bogs and wetlands initiated/observed by artists and of course anyone else...up to and including "the creatoress"

2. An extension from DIY artist-run culture to aquaculture - a greening if you like of new "streams" of distraction and obsession. (We always somehow get "bogged down.")

3. How to cross paths with groundhogs, racoons, squirrels, chipmunks, bathing birds,etc. (without being Walt Disney)

4. Backyard ponds are for those who can't or won't go further a-field?

5. tbcont

So I submitted my newly created Banana Pond...it is in the upper yard...

Day 78 Plum nest and egg gathering

This morning I went out to see if there were anymore plums to put out in the Boulevarden. There were some that had fallen from the tree and were laying in the pile of leaves that I raked last fall but then lazily left piled under one of the plum trees. The plums were perfect not bruised at all. They laid in little nests of leaves. They were beautiful, and it made me wish I had a few chickens out in the back yard...don't worry...I am not gett'n chickens...but it would be nice don't you think? Get up in the morning, grab a coffee and go out to check the chickens?...but that is the romantic in me. The realist in me is think'n no way I wanna clean chicken coups...

Day 78 Do you know your grass?

Okay...see the grass in amongst the Lemon Balm?...the kinda Bamboo'e' lookin' stuff...?

Do you know what it is? I planted it a couple of years ago, but I can not remember what it is. It has self seeded through the garden...

I really like it, I will pot some up and leave them in the Boulevarden...but if you know what the name is it would be super cool to find out.

As I type this I am listening to Rita Lee...she is a Brazilian 80's pop star...well maybe she is still a 'star'...but anyway she has covered some Beatles songs...and they are a earful of sugary pop...but great at the same time, you know?

Day 77 Please Park Here

A friend just reminded me of parking space projects....they are soooo great...here are a couple of great links

examples:http://www.publicarchitecture.org/http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/25/parking-day-returns-this-september

call to action: http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/26/parking-day-call-to-action/

interesting: http://www.publicarchitecture.org/

http://www.parkingday.org/

Day 77 Compost God Delivers

I have been in writing all afternoon...but when I looked out my window this evening and down to the garden I saw that someone had dropped off a bag of compost...Niiiiice!

Thank you mysterious compost provider.

Day 73 Oh fer fruit's sake

So a couple of posts ago I talked about our "watermelon"...only problem is...we don't have any watermelon in Boulevarden. However, we do have Pumpkin plant that for some reason ever since we planted I keep calling a Watermelon...I am thinking that could be why someone harvested a green Pumpkin. OOOOps! Sorry to who ever got home to slice open the melon to find unripe pumpkin : /

The Plums are almost gone...In the last couple weeks I put out 8 or so crates. We had a wonderful crop, I have heard from others that they have had great fruit crops as well, so it must be a good fruit year. Some people have taken a bag full of plums to share with their family or to make preserves. However, most of the plums were eaten by folks who take one or two to eat as they walk by. There are some neighbourhood kids who come by the Boulevarden several times a day on their bikes to take a few plums. I can never get out to the garden fast enough to introduce myself...I snapped this picture just as the girl was riding off...yes I realize I sound like I am capturing rare images of the Yeti or something...but I just really hope one time I will get to meet and chat with the kids.
My Mom just called me and she has an abundance of Pears on her tree so she is going to bring some over to leave in the Boulevarden. She said that she was waiting for them to turn yellow, but then noticed that her Pears are green when they are ripe - she said they are scrump-tuuuu-lish-issss! So Monday there will be a new treat for those walking by who may be sick of Plums : )