I’m excited because I like the new arrangement (Army table, shelves, hanging odd stuff up on the wall). After the last trip to the Old House & garage, I had a trailer & PU bed full of stuff that got dumped in the shop - no specific places at the time for putting it away. I did not have a straight walk-through path & was dodging boxes, bins, lumber, the Gorilla Cart, etc. Now, I am finding appropriate places for storage or on the pegboard. Half the battle when doing projects is being able to find the tool(s) you need when you need it!
Today, after the wire shelves go up, I can start going through my garden stuff & getting that organized. I ran across my hummingbird feeders the other day & I definitely want them out this year. I bought some plastic markers Tuesday at the Dollar store - no more using rocks to mark rows when I plant zinnias & other flowers this Spring!
After the shop is straight, I want to work on shelving in front of the shop garage windows so I can start plants there - southwest exposure so plenty of sun. Once the weather genuinely warms up more & the ground thaws, I need to get the dirt straight in 2 of my metal raised beds & ready for planting.
I’ll post pics of the shop when it’s ‘finished” although it will always be a work in progress just to keep it organized & straight.
A good friend of mine gifted me some dried elderberries back in 2022 that she got at a local farmer’s market. During December & early January, I “lived” on elderberry tea ... my dad was in the hospital & I picked up some respiratory bug (coughing, laryngitis primarily). Elderberry tea with honey seemed to be what my body craved & helped me through that rough period. When those gifted elderberries ran out, I purchased a pound of organic elderberries online & used them for tea during the winter months.
Fast forward to last year - the same friend gifted me 4 small jars of elderberries, rose hips, lavender & thyme. I had been considering buying rose hips so her gift has given me the opportunity to check them out. I had not considered elderberry & rose hips together, but it sounds good to me!
Here’s a recipe for the tea & the article has lots of good info as well:
Elderberry & Rose Hip Healing Tea
https://www.chasingtheseasons.com/elderberry-rose-hip-healing-tea/
A tip on your plastic markers. I have used them and used permanent marker to write on. It will fade after a few years. I switched to putting some clear packing tape over the marker and wrapping it all the way around. Works great.