I can’t tell you how happy I am that so many of you have been enjoying the British gardening television shows I’ve been linking to for the last year. It makes me feel like a normal human being, because when I see a new show pop up on my Youtube feed, I get downright giddy, immediately drop everything I’m doing ...
One of the great things about this time of year, when northern gardeners have no choice but to dream rather than do, is that it affords the great luxury of spending a great deal of time on research. I used to just go to the garden center and buy whatever struck my fancy that day. Sending a gardener to a ...
I am SO ready to garden. I’ve started researching plants, planning garden chores and pulling out old copies of gardening magazines for inspiration. And judging by some of the comments I’ve gotten on Facebook, a lot of you are feeling the same way. Sounds like it’s time for a little dose of some great British gardening television. Sadly there have ...
Sometimes the choices for plants of the year befuddle me. I feel like maybe the people who choose them ran out of options (which is ridiculous because there are so many great plants out there) or maybe were wooed by something gorgeous but difficult to grow. I’m very happy to say that that’s not at all the case with the ...
Traditional new year’s resolutions are for the birds, as far as I’m concerned. I gave up making them ages ago. Basically, I try to be a better person than I was the year before. But I thought it might be fun to make a few resolutions for gardeners. These are specific to me, but I suspect they translate well to ...
Welcome to The Impatient Gardener blog, where Christmas happens in slow motion. I’ve been slow to get things finished this year, pared down the decorations and haven’t quite finished wrapping yet. That means that I’m just now getting around to showing you some of how Christmas is happening in my house. Today I’m showing you the tree, mostly because the ...
Last week I lamented the loss of more trees in our yard. The difference of the missing ash trees is dramatic. But they are gone and that’s all there is to it. I’m trying to look at this as an opportunity to plant something big and beautiful like a copper beech, a Kentucky coffeetree or any other from the amazing ...
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It’s no secret that I have a massive girl crush on Sarah Richardson. I try not to talk about it too much here because I hate to just show you pretty pictures of rooms that other people have created. There are a lot of blogs that do that very well and this one will never […]
Here’s a bit of randomness for Friday (yay Friday!). First off, in case you missed it on the Facebook page yesterday, the chair I was (and still am) in love with at the thrift store turns out to be eerily similar to my favorite chair in our house. Like someone said … you like what […]
I happened to be driving past the local thrift store this weekend and just popped in for a quick run through to make sure I didn’t need anything (ha, need, that’s funny). Things were pretty well picked over, which seems to be the usual state of things at this particular store as I understand the […]
I took a little heat from a family member last week (just a tiny little bit) when I said on the blog that I don’t do placeholders. It was in reference to the vintage botanical charts I recently hung in the kitchen, which I was so thrilled to have hanging there because that wall was […]
OK, folks, today is the big day. I am SO excited to be offering this amazing giveaway from Bonnie & Bell. You might remember that I spent three years staring at a giant blank wall in the kitchen while I searched for the perfect art. I absolutely fell in love with some of the photos […]
I am a Halloween failure. I have not put one Halloween or fall decoration in, on or near my house. You won’t find so much as a pumpkin donning our front stoop. I’m not a total scrooge (can you use that term in reference to holidays other than Christmas?), it’s just that we live in […]
I hope everyone had a good weekend. For anyone on the East Coast I’m sure your weekend was filled with hurricane preparation and I’m crossing my fingers for all of you that it’s not as bad as they say it’s going to be. I made these pumpkin banana muffins this weekend and they are amazing. […]
I once read that bloggers should never apologize for posting bad photos. Instead they just shouldn’t post them. That is probably good advice, but I’m going to completely ignore it for today. These photos deserve to be apologized for, because if you thought the photos coming out of my iPhone were lacking, wait until you […]
You won’t catch anyone here complaining, but two weekends ago it rained from Friday night to Sunday night almost without stopping. It was a nice, steady rain that added up to 2.5 inches over the course of the weekend and boy were gardeners, myself included, happy. Of course it put a major crimp in my […]
We’ve been looking for a new sofa sort of off and on and a few months ago I walked into the place where we bought our last sofa and talked to the same designer who sold me the one we currently have. I told her exactly what I was looking for and she walked me […]
I’m absolutely delighted to be bringing you this tutorial today. I have to say this is one of my favorite projects ever and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results. This wasn’t even a project I had planned, but I fell in love with the fabric and after giving it some thought, I realized […]
I’ve been working on a few projects, some more exciting than others and I’ve finally finished a pretty exciting one that I’m pretty stoked about. BUT … it’s gonna be a long post (you’re gettin’ a tutorial folks, whether you want it or not), and no one wants to read long posts on Fridays. So […]
I am a lazy gardener. I’m also (obviously) an impatient one. So growing things from seeds has never really been my deal. I do grow almost all my vegetables from seeds (other than tomatoes and zucchini, only because I don’t need a million of either), and I’ve professed my love for nasturtiums which are so […]
It’s been awhile since I’ve done any garden crashing and this one is more of a mini crash but its still quite different from most gardens lurking around this area. I visited with my mom, who was writing about it for the home and garden section of the local newspaper. The garden is THE feature […]
