As I mentioned on Monday, I had blog posts scheduled for last week and ready to publish, but alas technology had other plans. SO, I am playing a little catch-up sharing both Week 19 & 20 together for Journaling The Garden.
I have, very recently, spent a fair amount of time in the garden, digging in the dirt, pulling weeds, planting new blooms, trying to tame the wild with a bit of order. Such moments always come at the expense of an aching body in the end, which, honestly, feels good because a sore body usually equals results.
My garden activities also make me yearn to wander the local nurseries in search of new. I am a trial and error gardener willing to take a chance on what inspires me, hoping it will thrive, but not always being so practical about the particulars especially proper spacing. I tend to stuff as many flowers as I can into one tiny space, if I think there was an inch of dirt available. Hubby profusely chastises me for this, but it hasn't kept me from repeating the act over and over. And after I read that Tasha Tudor, one of my very favorite artist/gardeners, also liked to over plant a plot with bulbs, which is how she managed to get them to bloom is such large lush arrangements, I have been even more defiant of warning words.
One of my garden obsessions is collecting and keeping the small plastic stakes that come with each plant containing care instructions. So when something does work, I have a record of the particulars to reference.
For Week 19, I recreated a background that mimics soil using Tsukineko Walnut Ink Crystals, a fine mist spray bottle filled with distilled water, and Kosher Salt. Spritzing the pages with water helps disperse the walnut crystals randomly, and the salt soaks-up bits of color.
