Making a fresh arrangement doesn’t have to be difficult. This bouquet was made a few weeks ago with simply taking cuttings from my Oakleaf Hydrangea bush. Nothing fancy, nothing extra . . . just using what you have at hand. I made this arrangement specifically for my bedroom, since the colors in my room are beige, pale pink, and pale…
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It’s Saturday, the weekend, and time for six garden related items. 1 | A happy and very tall yellow flower most likely from the sunflower family. I originally dug up 8 stalks of this flower from the corn field across the street of my parent’s home many years ago. They had taken over a huge part of the edges of…
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So sorry to post about zinnias again, but I would never have imagined that one pack of seeds could make me so happy. The simplest of flowers brings the simplest of joy. Every time I go into my back yard, I am awed by the riot of color they add, spreading their happiness everywhere. And it’s not just the flowers…
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Have you ever started one job, only to end up doing another? The ivy along the walkway to my front door was overextending itself and needed trimmed back. That’s where I started . . . but I ended up washing the whole front porch. It’s amazing how dirty everything gets outside. I never think of giving this area a wipe…
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This week’s bouquet comes from the large patches of perennial ageratum that have happily spread themselves around both the front and back gardens. I don’t really ever remember planting them, and they have never done very well, but this year, they are everywhere. A bit of a thug, but because they provide such abundant blooms and color in late August,…
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