With the “stay-at-home” mandate that so many of us are experiencing, there has been more time than usual for reading. This month’s book is “Garden Inspirations” by Charlotte Moss, who is a designer, author, and philanthropist. This book is a tour through her own garden in East Hampton, New York. In this book, Charlotte walks you through all her garden rooms. How I love sketches … Continue reading this month’s book
My first bouquet of the year using flowers from the yard. What a blessing it is to have signs of color and growth after a long and dreary winter. This bouquet is on display in my kitchen amidst other spring decor on my new makeshift shelf where I love to play and change things up on a weekly basis. A sweet set of chicks that … Continue reading this week's bouquet
This winter I decided I wanted to challenge myself to read, cover to cover, one garden or home decor book each month. In an attempt to increase my garden knowledge, and force myself to slow down a little to read, I ordered my first book. But, while waiting impatiently for the new book to arrive, I came across a book I’ve had, but haven’t read … Continue reading this month’s book – garden home
This next project was one I’d been wanting to do for several years now. One of those things you tend to put off because you can see it in your mind’s eye and how cool it could be, but not sure if it will live up to those expectations. This idea came from the blog, For the Love of a House. Since I have always … Continue reading rusty barrel rings
I have mentioned in the past, our neighborhood has a growing problem with deer. They are so comfortable here, they bed down in back yards, and it’s not uncommon to see a whole family strolling down the sidewalks, sampling from every yard as they go. There is not much I can do about what they eat from my front gardens, but I’ve been at war … Continue reading a new fence
This week’s bouquet comes from the last flowers of my garden. The echinacea are having their second bloom of the season and their last hurray. They started blooming in July and I think the heat and dry summer was just too much for them, as the flowers were pale and scraggly.. This second flush of flowers is much more vibrant and beautiful. The deep jewel … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet is a result of a need to do some serious cutting back. I needed to tie up the wayward new raspberry branches and to do that, I had to first remove the netting. But, I couldn’t even get near one side of the raspberry bed because of the verbena bonariensis. They had reseeded from last summer and become a gigantic patch of … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet starts with some golden rod that I nabbed from my elderly neighbor’s yard. Usually it is only found along the road side or in a country field. No one purposely allows this weed to grow in their yard. This year, while she was away, her son’s chopped down every weed and flower growing in her yard, but fortunately they missed her golden … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
There is nothing I love more in a garden than pink flowers – any variety will do. But there is something about pink roses that just makes my heart sing. This is David Austin’s English shrub rose, “Mary Rose”. I bought her in early summer not having any idea where I was going to plant her, so she kept me company on the deck where … Continue reading a new rose garden
It’s been a long, hot, and dry summer here in Ohio. We’ve not had a significant rainfall that makes a difference since mid June. Most of the garden is stressed from heat and lack of rain, and just barely hanging on. I’m stressed from the promising storms on the weather radar app that continually come to nothing, and also imaging how expensive my water bill … Continue reading a shady garden
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