How Does Your Garden Grow?

Mary Mary quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells and cockle shells

And pretty maids all in a row.

I started my square foot garden finally.. here is what my chosen spot looked like when I began preparing the soil. Hard as a rock, dry, just not happy soil it was....


Until I added my Magic Ingredient, Liquid Compost! Yep, it's a green smoothie for soil made of water and all the odds and ends of fruits and veg past their prime. I throw the mess into the Vita Mix and Viola! instant compost that my soil Loves!

Green Compost Smoothie!

After doing that and turning the soil every few days for about two weeks, it was time to add the border of old bricks we have all over the place here.


I stacked them all around, then added two bags of Armstrong Organic compost to my existing soil.



Does this look like a plant's dream or what??

Our first resident is Mr. Japanese Tomato, but he got a bit lonely out there....

Handsome Mr. Japanese Tomato
So Farmer Sam and I started a baby nursery, baby plants that is.. I will let Sam tell you all about it in this quick video:



Here is our nursery before planting:

Aren't they precious?

We're Waiting!!!!
And now we wait, just a little impatient, like Toad in "The Garden".. we just want them to grow now!!!!

GROW NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

'Toad put in alot of effort to make his seeds grow he tried forcing them to grow by shouting at them. This did not work, Frog told him he was making to much noise to just leave them get some rain and sun and they would grow.' from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad Together

 
What are your gardening plans for the summer?

 do tell us...




Happiness and Whirled Peas to all,
Deb and Sam

The Mustard Seed: What is Yours For?

...'The concept of sacredness is that fearlessness is carried into everyday life situations, even brushing your teeth. So fearlessness occurs all over the place, all the time.

 Fearlessness here is also unconditional. In this way, fearlessness becomes cheerful and very light. There's no need for cowardice or fear at all, or any moments of doubt...

 Victory is not having to deal with an enemy at all. It is the notion of no enemy. The whole world is a friend.'
--Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche( from the Upaya Newsletter)

My Mom used to Sing this to me.. now I sing it to Sam...

The Tale of The Mustard Seed

Sam's Art Work

Gautama Buddha  told the story of the grieving mother and the mustard seed. When a mother loses her only son, she takes his body to the Buddha to find a cure. The Buddha asks her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a family that has never lost a child, husband, parent or friend. When the mother is unable to find such a house in her village, she realizes that death is common to all, and she cannot be selfish in her grief.

We are the other person.. I know that my grief is no different than yours.  I too have lost loved ones, suffered pain and had times of great struggle.

Lighten your load, leave me a comment and share your "mustard seed" story.. and remember, we are all in this together.. 

My New Seeds! From Seeds of Change

with love and Sunshine

deb

Real Food Tulsa!

It is with great humility and gratitude that I direct you HERE to read my article on Monkey Mind!
Dear Sweet Penni Shelton allowed me to grace her blog with my writing today.
Thanks so much Penni!
Penni is a raw food goddess and a wonderful dear friend to me.

Please go to Real Food Tulsa often to soak up the love she serves up, it's delicous!
Thanks Penni, I Love YOU!
Deb

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Easter: It's Not Just for Chicks!

Making the most fab raw food from Entertaining in the raw.
The menu thus far:
Caribbean Conch chowder
Sesame crackers
Onion Bread
Long Life Noodle with ginger sauce
Raw Ranch dressing for dipping veggies and crackers

for the cooked folks:
asparagus roasted
guacamole and salsa with Hav a Chips
veggie sushi by my BIL

Dessert:
Fresh strawberries with Ginger Cream, also from Entertaining In the Raw

Hope you have a blessed day,
much love and whirled peas!
deb and crew

You Missed the Party..

By now most of you know that my test was a bit higher than I wanted it to be. I rolled the CLL dice and I got 19K for a white blood cell count. Six months ago it was 15K. Normal is 10K or less.
So it's a number.
Not a great number, but not tragic either.


The pity party that I held in my honor, for me, starring me to which I was the only invited guest, was short and pretty boring.
So it's over. Be glad you were not invited.

This scary picture is from around 5 years ago, let's call it "Before":
Notice Anything Extra Here? Check My WAIST out!!!!!!!!
Here's an After for ya, or a "current" pic:

Notice Anything Missing??? Me running, feeling Fab!



Today is a new day. I have some more tricks up my little organic hemp sleeves. Time to roll said sleeves up and get going with some magic mojo and truck loads of loving friends,  yes, that means YOU! Many deep bows of gratitude for all the love you sent me, I felt them all, each thought prayer or wish.
 You are all crucial to me, know it. It's true.





It's a New Day and I'm feeling Lucky
How about you?
love and peaches
deb

Earth Hour Festivites and Test Coming!

It's the Big Banana: Blood Test Weds April 8th


Two things:
My Cancerversary was April 4th, but I am holding off celebrating till my blood test this Wednesday April 8th.. if all goes well, you will be getting the down low exclusive scoop on how I did it.. no voodoo, no hanging chads, no superfoods.....you will have to hold your breath till I tell you! Send healing energy my way and if you need some, just let me know in the comments and I will post a list of all the other folks who needs some love sent out!
Take Two and.. you know the rest...

TWO:
Here is what the heck we did for Earth Hour, WARNING: you will drool, so get your bucket ready! It's a pictorial today, spring break leaves me no time to write much.. Malcolm had a bought with pink eye, he is all better now, had to use Terrymicin, but tried alt meds first!! Poor guy!

Malcolm Enduring The Green Tea Treatment for Pink Eye

The Aftermath

Raw Banana Splits YUM












Just Letting it all go and Trusting the Universe...Tune in Tomorrow for the Results, It's all Good!


Loving this Life
Deb
ps Tune in tomorrow for the results and all the sources I used for the raw banana splits!

A Post for No Good Reason: Sheep Art

This made me laugh so hard, I trust that no sheep or dogs were harmed doing this amazing stuff. You just have to see it to believe it so take a gander...........





Hope you liked that bit of crazy and very soon, I will post about our earth night fun fest.
love and fleece
deb xoxoxoo