Garlic Scapes

What are garlic scapes, you say?  I wondered the same thing when I read this post at The Art of Doing Stuff.  I wish I could say that I looked it up in a gardening book or encyclopedia, but I don't have either of those.  And since I'm not currently growing any garlic, I just googled it.  Apparently garlic scapes are the curly stalks that grow up from the first leaves (you can learn more about them here).

I'm sure all you avid gardeners know to trim the scapes off so the bulb can grow.  But did you know that they are edible?  It turns out that garlic scapes also make beautiful arrangements... check out these beauties.

Thanks to Karen at The Art of Doing Stuff for the inspiration.  If you haven't been to her blog yet, take a minute to check it out... tons of great ideas (plus she'll have you in stitches in no time!).

Drip Sprinklers

So, any outside project (or anything involving tools) I usually leave for my DH to do... unfortunately, he's super busy and things often don't get done.  Last summer, I actually built my own square foot garden (SFG) without any help (picture coming soon) and now I want to add drip sprinklers to them.  I can usually remember to water the pots on my front porch, but my SFG is on the west side of my house, so I often forget to water it (thank goodness we've had a wet June so far).

Nicole at Crafty Sisters shows how to install a drip sprinkler system and actually makes it look so simple, I think this may be another project to tackle myself!