Tuesday five

[purplejavatroll]

1. My sister-in-law contacted me via email today. It started out as a recruitment attempt to fill her pottery class (which otherwise will probably not run due to lack of people). It ended with her verbally slapping her forehead in a 'I'm sure you have enough on your plate just now, what was I thinking' sort of way. It's true that the house and

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[purpletigron]

I know a little about knot gardens ...

[purplejavatroll]

Well, (she says very belatedly) any info you have on herbs that would survive in Zone 2-3 over the winter would certainly be wonderful, as that's the kind of knot garden I have in mind. My cunning plan at the moment involves recycled brick, low growing herbs and a not-too-complicated knot pattern. That may change, of course, based on what I can actually get to survive here.

[purpletigron]

Hmm - herbs are going to be tricky, I suspect

[purplecthulhu]

The more you say about it, the more interesting your new house sounds.

Central fireplace and wood ceiling sounds lovely!

[buhrger]

i'd been wondering as to the genesis of the wood ceiling. makes good sense. i'm not sure that i loathe stucco ceilings, but they are kinda ugly, yeah.

the cold room seems to me eminently wise, but i'm a prairie boy, so may well be biased in this.

it's always nice to see the progress when i bus past. (less of that'll be happening with the scona road closure - how's that going to affect you?) any guess at this point when it's going to be ready to be lived in?

[purplejavatroll]

The Scona road closure should have a fairly minimal effect on us, other than the increased traffic on Conner's road, which is where my car-pooling commute takes me. When I commute by bike, I go via the High Level Bridge, so that won't be too much upset.

It's looking like Junish for the move-in, although I'm unsure of just when in June.

[purplejavatroll]

Thank you for the links and info on books on knot gardens! The kind I have in mind (in case you're curious) is a perennial herb one, although I know that fewer herbs are hardy here than I'd prefer. I've never been able to get mint to overwinter, for instance, although I know it's supposed to be hardy here. On the other hand, parsley I've had no problems with.

The idea of keeping my extra garden food is certainly one of the reasons I'm looking forward to a cold room. It's one of the (relatively few) things I miss about the farm where I grew up.