This week’s bouquet was inspired by the abundance of ditch daylilies growing in the back of my yard. I started with just a few. I can’t even remember where I got them from or who gave them to me. They multiple every year despite my attempts to get rid of them. Last summer, the deer ate all the buds, and…
Read More
mrs. brown’s mint lemonade
This homemade lemonade recipe goes way back to 1984, when I was a lot younger and lived in Maryland. I first tasted this lemonade at the Joppatown Garden Club Swim Party. It was, and still is, the best lemonade I have ever tasted. It is definitely worth the time it takes to make it. Start by cooking the sugar and…
Read More
to lovely not to share
The other day I was walking the dog on the opposite side of the street. We haven’t walked over there since last December, when I tripped on a raised sidewalk section, fell, and broke my hand. But on this day, I decided to walk on the wild side, and it was there I noticed a lot of small branches of…
Read More
this month’s book
This month’s book, The Complete Gardener, is written by my favorite gardening personality, Monty Don. Monty is the author of a number of gardening books and the host of numerous TV gardening programs. He has been the lead presenter of “Gardener’s World” since 2003 and the program has been broadcasting from his home at Longmeadow in Herefordshire, England since 2011….
Read More
this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet comes from an abundance of two flowers blooming right now. Feverfew has spread itself around like it owns the place. Cute as it is, I took a generous cutting for this bouquet and it isn’t even missed in the garden. I thought of just stopping with the Feverfew, but one of my favorite roses is blooming in…
Read More
Recent Comments