Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got

These are admittedly a combination of cute and serial-killer-who-pieces-together-notes-with-newspaper-cuttings-scary.  

Here's where said rocks have made their home:

Family, remember the giant mint plants growing behind the ice cream shop in Arkansas?  This is one of my favorite additives to iced tea.

These lil sprouts are from seeds and I look in on them periodically like a mother hen:

There's no cat in this house.  Yet.

Nostalgic green moment - prepare your landscaping fabric for any dewy drops.  The plant in the photo below is what a gift from my Mudda, for my 21st birthday, resembled.

 

(not my actual plant)

Lemme tell ya, folks, there's a darn stellar reason why this is called a closet plant.  This thing can survive a nuclear meltdown (I suspect) and still stake a strong come-back.  The equivalent of a nuclear meltdown in my care (insert obvious reason:  owner neglect) apparently took this baby out several months ago but you can see that 21 (that's her name) is rebounding nicely:

Green onions, anyone?  You can even grow these in a simple glass with water if you don't want to trouble with a pot and soil.  I started mine with a bulb from a package of store-bought green onions.  These puppies grow quicker than a dirty sock, in a petri dish, sprayed with orange juice, in the sun.  Chop off your desired quantity as you're stirring up dinner, and, voila! 

Anyone have any feedback on wild strawberries?  There are some growing in the yard, and I'm tempted to dig 'em up and plant them in pots.  I'm skeptical of eating "wild" berries, though, after reading Into The Wild and "Hunger Games." It's entirely possible that these aren't wild, though, and just the gift received from birds making pit stops along their travels.  Whatever they are, they are currently just bebe berries.

Side trip for those who entertain:  The Pinspiration of using water balloons, frozen, as an alternative to ice (that can only be used once), was a hit at a recent gathering of mine.  Give yourself plenty of freezing time, however, and place them in a freezer location where they have a wee bit of room to expand.  

Or you'll wind up with some frozen stuck in precarious places: