Bright Day and Lemongrass Smoothie

It is a beautiful, bright sunny day outside. The temperatures are even warming from the -30 C we have been enduring these last few days. I have been succumbing to the temptation to sow more seeds. It's nearly an illness. Just one more seed packet, I tell myself. Next thing you know, three little pots have been sown with more seeds from the stash. Most annuals and veggies will be sown later though, since it is too early for these.

Meanwhile, it is therapeutic to see bright green growing things while the snowmobiles race by on the frozen lake. In a brazen act of violence towards plants, the littlest gardener pulled a few leaves from the lemongrass plant today. "Why waste the leaves?", I thought, so I made a smoothie using a bit of the lemongrass. I added a half can of frozen lemonade concentrate, a pear, a banana, vanilla yogurt, and a bit of milk to thin it out. The blender whipped it into this lovely smoothie that the littlest gardener also appreciated.

The lemongrass was nearly dead when I cut it down and repotted it recently. It now looks alive and well, though it's certainly not an attractive houseplant.

My picotee edged African violet is looking nice right now: