GUEST POST: Garden Preparation

My dear friend, Reyna, asked if I would do a quest post for her, and I was only too glad to comply! So without further ado....



'Tis the season to be planning for your spring garden! 

Here is a short list of things to help you prepare your garden for spring planting:

  

• Clean last year's harvest from your garden.

•  Hoe up your beds, and add compost/mulch if needed.

•  Plant a cover crop.

 

•  Start building your compost pile, using all the dead grass, weeds, and vines from your garden. It will make lovely compost.

•  Now's the time to start pouring over seed catalogs and decide what plants you want to grow this year.

•  Stock up on any supplies that you need. Example: seed trays, seed labels, a new hoe to replace your broken one, etc. Order that now and have it here for when you need it.

• Did you take notes from last year's garden, on what worked and what didn't? Apply what you learned to this year's crop(s).

• Organize your gardening tools and equipment.

Thanks again Reyna darling! I enjoyed doing this post tremendously!  

Blessings -

~ Aspen 

Thank you so much Aspen for doing this guest post! I'm just going to add a linky to her blog here because y'all should check it out: Texas Rebel Girl
  

Blogger Recognition Award

         Miss Jane Bennet from Classic Ramblings tagged me for this sweet award! Thank you so much! Yes, I know I've been doing a lot of tags lately, hush. I like them, okay? I promise I will get the life update post up sooner or later. 

         I like the idea of this tag because it makes it less awkward to let someone know how much you appreciate their blog than other ways one might go about it. ;) And I really appreciated being tagged myself - I'm glad someone enjoys reading what I write, LOL. 

RULES AND REGULATIONS:  

Attach the award.

Thank the person who nominated you.
Provide a link to the original post on Edge of Night.

Give a brief story of how your blog got started and a piece or two of advice for new bloggers.  

Select 15 blogs to nominate.

Comment on each nominee's blog and let them know that you've nominated them.

        All righty. ;) A brief story of how my blog got started... Well, I first really discovered the internet in January of 2012. Wow, it's been that long since I had a life? We had just gotten a new computer, one that didn't take forty-five minutes to start up and then fifteen every time you wanted to load a new page, so it was all pretty new to me. I was looking at stuff from the Les Mis movie, and I came across (from Google), this lovely blog. Ah, I'm so glad I did. I found more, and stalked around them too, but Formidable Courage was the one that 'taught' me that it's okay to write about goats and fangirling on the same website. :) So I started a blog. Funny thing is, it turned out to be far different than I ever envisioned it would be. But I love it, and I've met so many wonderful people, so it's all good.

        A piece or two of advice for new bloggers. Firstly, BE FRIENDLY AND OUTGOING. I am a very shy person myself, you know, the one who's sitting awkwardly in a corner by herself?  (I do go completely crazy with friends, though). This does not work online. You have to start conversations. Leave comments. Everyone loves them, and there's no better way of initiating friendships than leaving a nice comment and giving your opinion on something. Or just popping in to tell someone you like their blog. Now, I obviously can't speak for everyone, but I never get a comment and just publish it and ignore it. I read it a few times, feel perfectly tickled that someone wanted to tell me something, and then proceed to their profile page/blog. If they don't have a blog it's kind of disappointing, actually. If you receive a blog award (the first time is always so fun!), don't be afraid to nominate people with more popular blogs. Most of the time, they really appreciate it, and *whispers* they also link back to you which helps you get out there in the blogging world. Don't be obnoxious and rude or anything, of course, but leaving a few comments isn't going to hurt. It's much better than 'I was hiding under your porch because I love you', if you know what I mean. 

        Okay, let's see if I can conjure up 15 blogs. It's doubtful, but I'll try. *searches frantically* Okay, I got twelve. My sincere apologies to the author of this tag, but I'm bending the rules. 

Naomi at Wonderland Creek

Laura at Gazing Wonders

Arwen at Meanwhile, In Rivendell

Sarah at Spiritually Healthy

Beth at Adventures Of An Elven Princess

Abbie at Yarns And Tales

Emma Jane at A Lantern In Her Hand

Heidi at Along The Brandywine

Kayla at Butterflies After Midnight

Eowyn at Captured By The Word

Elizabeth Grace Foley at The Second Sentence

Aspen at Texas Rebel Girl

        I hope y'all enjoy this tag, but don't feel pressured to do it if you don't want to. I know I've been tagging people a lot lately!

Blessings,

Reyna

Little Miss Fashion Model

        Wynnie is a gorgeous goat - there's no doubt about that. But I think all the compliments have gone to her head!

         I swear she's posing. One does not simply look this gorgeous without trying.

         Oh, and did I mention she preens her 'feathers'? *sigh* Goats are so vain.

        Wynnie, do you need me to tell you one more time how pretty you are?

Blessings,

Reyna