..it's ALIVE!!!

[rkold]

For those who don't know, I've fallen into Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs pretty hard and have lately been obsessing about various oils. And of course since I am an awful person, most of the ones I want seem to be hard to find lol I've gotten lucky with a few and now own some bottles i love as well as back-ups of some of my favorites. I'm waiting on some more bottles, some of which I expect to end up in the sale/swap pile ;;_;; Berry Moon is supposed to be musky and Stinky smells like baby powder, neither is appealing sounding. *sighs*

In other news, we've been getting lots of CSA produce which means I've been cooking a lot more. I think my husband appreciates it, because he gets a home cooked dinner most nights now.



The last pictures were from June 26, and it's hard to believe it's not even a month and so much has changed!


Let's start with the potatoes on July 6.


And the garlic


blueberries


Beets, soybeans and leafy greens (hmmmm this area has not changed as much in the last few weeks )


the ever slow cucumber

BTW for those curious, any impatiens you see, we did not plant this year. They spread and reseeded themselves from the year before! o_O; I need to take a lot of them out since they take over.


example


hydrangea waiting to be replanted. For the record, one of these is an infamous Tokyo Delight.


The hydrangea I planted a while ago. They were supposed to be blue....


More failing to be blue. I think I planted these in May '07? I thought they were destroyed but they came back.. except in pink.


The pea vines


Lots of peas! I need to plant our Fall peas.


Future butternut and another variety of zucchini. All the thin grass like things are scallions.


Black Beauty zucchini


arugula, the tomatoes and some sort of wild berry that I ended up taking out


Look, they're bigger!


And making tomatoes :D


beans, I think planted around the 26th o_O


Green beans ♥

On July 15:


The garlic and the potatoes.


our first garlic harvest BTW anyone who has any amount of land, would totally recommend they grow garlic!


Guess what this is!


Our newest fence


More of the squash patch and yes I bought marigolds, they're one of the few things I never have luck with ;;_;;


The Butternut squash


Pumpkin and zucchini. the small green things are radishes, i figure why worry about weeding when I can have radishes growing there! The other plants are Nasturtium.


A female zucchini flower, I think the one I fertilized with the help of a zucchini a few blocks away.


The arugula and the tomatoes




an oregano and an eggplant I bought >>;






hydrangea still === pink


The hydrangea that came with the house and were severely and poorly cut back last year by the gardeners from hell. ~.~


So pretty!



July 22


A male squash flower that will die a virgin


ZUCCHINI!!!!!!


Baby female flower

Comments

[isachi.livejournal.com]

I <3 BPAL SO MUCH XD

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Is there anyone who doesn't?

Are you on the forum? I'm rkold there. XD;;

I'm currently waiting on: Hanami, Stinky, Pink Flamingo, Pinwheels, BerryMoon, Toxin (via a friend), Zombie Apocalypse (via a friend), Scurvy (via a friend), Lolita v. 1 (via a friend), Punkie Nights (via a friend), Cupcake Splatter (via a friend) and Blackberry Jam+Scones (via friend).

I just got: Beaver Moon 07 and a backup of Rangoon Riptide. I tend to go for fruity and foody scents except occasionally I like something lightly floral like Earth Rat and Lovers in a Ricefield.

I so want to go to a Trunk Show ;;_;;

Are you waiting on anything?

[isachi.livejournal.com]

No I've been broke for so long XD But I have a list for the mythical day when I can try new scents :D

I have a very small collection, but it works because I have a scent for just about every mood.

Great Sword of War (<3) Hollywood Babylon (<3) March Hare, Absinthe, Omen, Thanatos, Shattered (smells like black paper... it's my kick ass and take names scent), Event Horizon, Azathoth

Most of these are imps, because I don't really wear perfume that often XD XD XD

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Send me your wishlist cause sometimes I get frimps and I suspect our taste in scents varies radically from mine.

I have an ever growing collection. lol Today I am going to try Midway Resurrected. :D

[cc-lemon.livejournal.com]

Your garden is a thing of beauty and I'm very, very impressed! And I so want to come steal veggies from you!!! I'm driving to Pat's in mid/late August to help with the Shizu arrival/shipping. I might have to come by way of your place and pillage!

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Sure feel free to come by, just give me some warning since my sister is coming in for a visit in August and we're making many plans without her consent lol

But I would love to see you and share my bounty. :D And I've not forgotten your frimps, I am just waiting to see what I get in my new Bpal package in case it has any frimps you wanted. :D I have a few more off your wishlist for you thanks to someone I bought some bottles from.

[cc-lemon.livejournal.com]

And I haven't forgotten your seeds. Maybe I'll find some cool ones in SF!

[sailorstarsun.livejournal.com]

So the hydrangeas used to be blue, then came back pink? How funny! .^o^

And look at the tiny little tomatos! XD So cute!

Looks like fun. .^_^

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Yeah it has to so with the acid/basic thing, but it's just weird because 1) they're varieties that tend towards blue and 2) they were blue in 2007 when I planted them!

I love those baby tomatoes, I want to give my plants a little fertilizer to help those babies do better lol

*hugs*

[sailorstarsun.livejournal.com]

I wish I could have a garden, but if I even look at a plant it dies. .^^;;

[rkold.livejournal.com]

The secret is easy to grow plants and good soil. :D I bet if you had good enough soil and well some sunlight you could grow things. The soil being used makes the biggest difference.

You could prob grow herbs in little pots if you have a window that gets enough light.

[ad-exia.livejournal.com]

Wow, those all look so delicious! Especially the blueberries. :O

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Sadly, we only got like 3-4 blueberries. I think I need to mulch better. I am going to look into getting some new bushes next year and reorganizing things in hopes of making them grow better.

[ad-exia.livejournal.com]

Aw, sad! Well at least the one you took a picture of looks pretty. :D; Good luck in the future, though!

[spazzygirl19.livejournal.com]

Arugula! Mmmmm ... maybe I should try growing that!

BTW ... your packy should be there today if it already hasn't arrived. ^_^

[rkold.livejournal.com]

They all came!!!!!!! OMG!!!! You picked amazingly well. I never expected to love Lolita because the released version has lavender but this version is so sweet and sugary! And SCURVY! OMG SO YUMMY! I had heard Punkie Nights was very appley but I am mostly getting Chamomile o_O; Toxin is really pretty.

I have some small things to send to you and I am still waiting on the decanting stuff. But I might try to mail you something tomorrow any way. I hope you like what I'm sending :D


You should wait until Fall for arugula, it likes bright sun but doesn't like it very warm or it will bolt. ~.~ Our summer has been very cool and the arugula in the picture keeps trying to bolt but I won't let it. It grows very fast though. I would highly recommend it.

[rkold.livejournal.com]

The problem is that some hydrangea are now being bred to be more likely to be one particular color (like Blushing Bride is biased towards pink) These were supposed to be varieties that naturally tended to blue and they were blue in 2007 when I planted them. It's just odd that without amending the soil as far as I know they're now pink! It's a lovely color, but I might put in some sulfur to make them blue... or at least one of them blue, or do something with the potted ones. I want some blue flowers! lol

A bunch of the reviews on the forum talked about it smelling like baby powder which is disappointing. What did you get the other day? I so want to go to a Trunk Show! Do you know if they are having one for the August 23rd release?

Sometimes I know what notes work on me, but it is also what notes I like the smell of and work on me. I amp cassis and cinnamon, a lot, which is good, mostly. I also amped the herbs in Punkie Night so I got very little to no apple at all. ;;_;; I love Midway Resurrected the sugar scent has lasted decently, though not as well as 2008 Sugar Skull. One problem is sometimes it can be hard to test scents before they leave and sometimes similar scents can work and not wrong.

You're so lucky you can go to events and test things! I wish I could!

There are some lovely scents coming out. I'm really excited. :D

[dilettantka.livejournal.com]

Wowwww your garden looks amazing.

Those are some firm, glistening zucchini.

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! *hugs* Are you secretly impressed with my skllz! :P

If you ever come to NY I will share yummy fresh veggies with you.

Yes, nice and thick and hard OMG I am awful Interestingly enough, they are the females XD;;;

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Garden is looking good! I need to take pics of my few potted plants, now that I have some.

I didn't know that you liked BPAL! I adore them! Just got my Berry Moon in yesterday--I haven't ordered a lunacy since Peony Moon a few years ago, but Berry Moon sounded interesting. Am going to try it on today, will make post about it later. Also got bottles of Glasgow and New Orleans with this order.

Other favorites are London, Vinland (now discontinued) and Catherine.

I almost got the Berry Moon tshirt (the design was so pretty), but I've kinda put myself on a moratorium for clothes (except thrift-shop) until my weight stabilizes. Although I still may order the 13 shirt because it really goes well for Halloween...

[rkold.livejournal.com]

You totally should! We had a minor setback today where our one female pumpkin flower went yellow and died, but after reading on the internet, it sounds like the plant was just not ready to have fruit yet. I am hoping by the time we get the next female flowers it is able to carry the pumpkins, cause PUMPKIN!

Oh yes, I've been buying bottles occasionally before thanks to twotone but now I have fallen hard. My Berry Moon is still in transit. But I've been bad and using the money I've made in sales to buy some things and I had a few friends pick me up things from events. >>;; I so want to go to a trunk show now!

I'm planning to try Toxin I think today. I tried Midway Ressurected yesterday (LOVE IT)

I'm not as into the clothes but I got a free testable squirt and now need to find it again, it smells so YUMMY! :D

Are you on the forum or any of the comms?

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

I'm reynardine on the forums, but I've haven't posted anything on them in years. But now that I know you're into BPAL, I'll definitely need to make a list of the ones I have (and my imps)!

[rkold.livejournal.com]

I need to make a wishlist. I'm rkold on the forums, I tend to use that as my username whenever I can.

I have a lot of imps. I've been frimping the ones I don't like when I can. Luckily a bunch of people I know like scents that I don't like lol

Have you tried any of the shunga scents? I love one of them, but the other 2 I tried just made me feel queasy ;;_;;