I'll try to get some more work done in the yard today, in particular setting up an area where Emily can't grab the flats. Her nickname is 'VelvetHead the Destroyer' and she has wrecked havoc on empty garden pots, dug ankle-snapping holes, attacked water sprinklers, chewed up hose, and carried off pruned limbs before I could put them into a bundle. And, she has left bombs in all sorts of places. She is a garden terror ;-O However, she has spent most of the morning under the computer table, snoozing while laying over my feet and keeping them warm. Oh well, I suppose somethings I can put up with--toasty toes are a wonderful thing.

We have a neighbors dog that likes to leave me bombs, well I love to garden bare footed. That dern dog leaves those bombs right where I walk, almost like he is trying to cover up my scent. He does it so rare that I am not accustom to have to look for it. So needless to say what ends up on my feet, lol. Though I guess it is better than trying to wash it out of a treaded shoe. Squishhhh!!

thanks!

As for herbs my thought would be anything that reseeds normally can be sown now regardless if it is annual or perennial. A few that come to my mind is; any dill, any basil, lemon balm, sorrel, any fennel, mexican tea, any self heal, any mints, soapwort, any rue. Though I do not think it would hurt to start my herbs now I probably will not start them till febuary or march.

The containers will be squirreled away under bushes in sunny spots, so the neighbors don't see my yard trash :)

BTW: Memory = black hollyhock, Wildlife = bee balm, Tree = blueberry hawthorn, and Faith = ? Maybe something that failed gloriously last year. xD

Please be careful. PLEASE. Your tootsies are important to us.

T--eating warm icebox cookies. Yummmmmmm.

What is worse than a puppy bomb, are the bees. I feel guilty when I step on a honey bee, lol, that is how pathetic I am. I got stung one year right in between my big toe, now talk about horrible.

As for cookies all the little girl scouts are selling cookies, I bought 4 boxes, (and I wonder why I have a hard time fitting in my thermals). I am going to bake a chocolate cheesecake, that is if I can stay out of the oreo's. LOL

I go barefoot whenever possible too, but my most memorable dog related adventure was one day before a dental appointment I stopped at my Dad's & decided to do a little maintence in his garden before I left. In the car on the way to my appointment, I could have sworn that my feet could use a bath, but didn't think anything more of it until I climbed in to the dentist's chair. There, stretched out in front of me were my sandal-clad feet...and the biggest lump of you-know-what hanging on my shoe! Well, I knew that there was NO way to ignore this for the next hour, so I calmly left the building, tossed the shoes in my trunk & returned to the exam room. Of course I was asked if everything is ok, and of course I couldn't think of a cover story, so I blurted out the truth! We were both laughing so hard that she couldn't put a sharp instrument in my mouth for several minutes! We still laugh about it, and the newly-christened "poop sandals" spent a lengthy drying period in the shed before everything would come off! Yes, I still use them in the garden!