08 Jul ooops {189/365}

When I was laying out the garden at this house, quite a few years ago now, I wanted to also include things I could actually use.

Well, besides vegetables. I’m not a vegetable grower at all.  Totally clueless.

But florals and herbs and stuff? I’m IN!

And my biggest must-have at the time?

This …

Lavender.  I can almost smell it just looking at this.  Pretty, isn’t it?

But this?

oooh … not so pretty.

My poor lavender patch is a sadly neglected mess.  Each year I tend to it and each year I kick myself for not doing anything with it’s fabulousness.

And then along comes my girl Leslie and gives me even more reason to kick myself.  I mentioned to her that I love lavender and she flaunts this in my face.  Literally, in my face. heh.

So I told her I had a dirty little secret.

I’m sure she’s expecting something a little more scandalous than a neglected garden :p

Here, let’s go back to the pretty …

aahhh … much better.

Leslie, aka Crunchy Betty, has all sorts of cool stuff on her site. Fun stuff that actually works and isn’t overly complicated, although she does have this thing for vodka.

(seriously, the woman puts vodka in ev-ry-thing)
(got a scratch? vodka! zit? vodka! want a drink? vodka!!!)

She’s like that greek guy with the windex in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Leslie’s windex is vodka.

(wow, what a weird statement)

You should go check her out.

And keep your eye on her – I’ll be giving her my own kind of makeover sometime in the next month or two ;)

PS – you see that long stalky pale green stuff behind the lavender up there?  that would be Russian Sage – also neglected. *sigh*

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