The Garden Appreciation Society Week 12 — Link up!
I really can’t believe we’re already on Week 12 of The Garden Appreciation Society. What do you think? Are you enjoying it? I think I’m a flowers-in-the-house convert because of this. I haven’t missed the few flowers that I’ve brought inside each week from the garden and I love that there are always fresh bouquets […]
How to combine plants with special needs in containers
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just stick any old plant into a container with any other plant and have it be beautiful and grow perfectly? Anyone who has tried this knows it just doesn’t work that way. I scoff a little when I see some beautiful container planting in a photograph that makes […]
The Garden Appreciation Society Week 11 — Link up now!
We’re back on track, more or less, for this week’s Garden Appreciation Society link-up. I have to say I’m particularly happy with what I came up with this week because this is something I never would have thought to do if it weren’t for this weekly effort to appreciate the garden in a new way. Many […]
The mystery is solved, aka How a California wildflower ended up in my Wisconsin garden
Before I left a couple weeks ago an exciting mystery was solved. Reader Carol Y identified the mystery plant! To back up a little, you might recall that I found three mystery plants, planted in about a triangle as though they were put there purposely, in the garden this spring. Since I had a vague […]
Better late than never: The Garden Appreciation Society Week 10
Don’t worry, I have beat myself appropriately many times with a wet noodle as punishment for taking off without so much as leaving a single post in the can. I have to say, I admire bloggers who are organized enough to have a bunch of posts all lined up before they go on vacation. I’m […]
The Garden Appreciation Society — Week 9 — Link up!
This week’s Garden Appreciation Society bouquet is a first for me on two counts. For one, it is the first time I’ve ever had enough roses to make a bouquet from my own garden. And secondly, it is the first time I’ve endured serious pain to make a bouquet. Holy smokes these roses are thorny! […]
An as-it-is tour of the garden
Last week I promised that I’d take you on an as-it-is garden tour. I’ve never done this before because I hate people to see the garden unless it’s looking in tip-top shape, which, frankly, it rarely is. But I figured after I showed you this, the state of my garden couldn’t shock you that badly (and […]