Normally I am not one to rush through projects. I really believe in the adage that anything worth doing is worth doing well. But I recently threw that aside and just went for it on a little building project for the garden. I got a couple of goji berry vines recently and I am so excited for them. Not just ...
Sorry this is late this week! The holiday weekend got me all cafloogered. Speaking of the long weekend, we had relatively horrible weather but I was still able to plant several containers. Honestly with as cold as it’s been, it was probably too early but at last count I had more than 120 containers of plants sitting around and I ...
Poor little plants go through so much in their lives. They are coddled and grown in the cozy confines of a greenhouse where they get the perfect amount of light and water. And them BAM! they are are thrown into garden or a container and left to the whims of the weather and the gardener. Most plants can handle a ...
Welcome to Week 2 of The Garden Appreciation Society. Sounds like everyone made it through Week 1 without any emergency visits to their therapists, so I’d say we’re all doing a good jog at easing ourselves into bringing our flowers inside to enjoy in a whole new way. So tell the truth, especially if you’re reluctant to actually cut any ...
Sometimes when I disappear from the blog for more than a few days it’s because I have nothing to write about and I never want to bore you. But other times it’s because I’m so darn busy there is just no time to write. That’s been the story for the past week. I promise you posts on almost all of ...
First of all, congratulations to Edie who is the winner of the DeWit bonsai tool kit. Edie, check your email! I have to say I loved all your comments so much. So many great stories of sentimental houseplants! And now, onto a bit of fun. Last week I told you about what I envision The Garden Appreciation Society to be ...
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m extremely tight with my flowers. I rarely cut them and bring them inside to enjoy. But on the rare occasion I do, I absolutely love seeing them displayed in the house. Last year I went out before the first hard freeze and cut all the leftover flowers I could find. Without so much ...
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It’s a good thing there is no social services organization that regulates garden care, because I would most certainly be under investigation. I’m really embarassed about it and I’m not sure how things slipped away quite so badly this year, but the current state of my garden is somewhere in the realm of reprehensible. For [&h
Well, the garden has been neglected and the blog moreso. Been sailing … but stay tuned, I’ll be back soon. Promise!
I use the word reveal with hesitation because I’ve seen full on kitchen re-dos and this isn’t one of those … it just took about as much time as one. It started in October with the hunt for a table, and I found it at the Restoration Hardware outlet last October. Then came the banquette. […]
I’ve been a bit lax in posting lately, but I can’t help it: The weather here has been so wonderful it would be criminal to spend any more time inside than necessary. Memorial Day weekend was probably the nicest I remember, maybe ever. And the plants are just as excited about this amazing spring and […]
Few days are so bad that coming home to find this sitting on your porch doesn’t make you forget all your troubles: And the only thing more fun than tearing into that box, is tearing into that box when you have no idea what’s inside. I’m participating in the Proven Winners garden writers plant trials, […]
So, I know I promised to reveal our partial kitchen makeover soon, but a bit of wrench has been thrown in that plan. Remember how the sneak peek looked a couple weeks ago? Allow me to refresh your memory. Here it is: I wanted to get a nice set of pictures to show you the […]
I’ve spent most of my free time this week studying. I’ve been spending a lot of time with this book: In my experience the guides published by DK are the best around, particularly their travel guides which cost much more than their competitors but are so much better, particularly for places where you don’t speak […]
I’m so excited to be swapping guest posts with Rayan at The Frugal Designer today. Rayan is a mega overachiever who can help you build the most amazing furniture, finish that furniture (wait until you see my kitchen table, which Rayan has been holding my hand through the process of finishing), help solve your garden […]
I have met the enemy, and it is Alliaria petiolata. “Alliaria petiolata.” That was all my friend’s Facebook status said the other day. I instantly knew her pain. Alliaria petiolata, better known as garlic mustard weed, is the kind of thing that can ruin your day and maybe even your summer. And many summers to […]
I am OH so close to revealing my mini kitchen redo, although after six months of talking about this I’m not sure it can be called “mini” anymore. I’m very excited about it so until I put the finishing touches on it (and it stops being so lousy outside that I can get some decent […]
We only have one flowering tree in the yard. It’s a Serviceberry, which is a lovely, tough-as-nails small tree or large shrub. It’s commonly seen around here in its multi-trunked form in parking lots, hellstrips and other places where it can be planted and left. In our yard it’s the corner piece to what I […]
I have a new must-have for my garden. This is the first year I’ve grown Allium ‘Ivory Queen’. She’s just poking up now so I’ve not had the opportunity to see the flower yet, but I’m already so enamored with it that the flower almost doesn’t matter. Thick, deep blue leaves are emerging. They look […]
I’m a bit obsessed with window boxes these days. I think they are so charming and can cure a multitude of house exterior sins. If I were selling a house, I think a window box would be right up there on the must-do list for curb appeal. So, you might wonder, why am I just […]
Professional painters amaze me. They are so neat. So fast. So not covered in paint when they are done and tracking it all over the house. I’m none of those things, yet I sort of like painting. And I’ve always sort of wondered about hiring a professional painter. My theory on it was that unless […]
