Every year before the frosts come, I bring in lots of plants. They end up in pretty much any room that gets some decent sun. Upstairs and down, they really are scattered all over. I grew strawberries for the first time last summer and I brought the strawberry plants in for the winter and the little [...]
I’m running a little bit behind on my new Baby Moccasin unveiling, because I got a little distracted by today’s amazing weather and all the signs of fall that are showing up in the garden. Everywhere you look, new bits of color are popping up. The crab apple trees are covered in cheerful red berries and [...]
I have to get up early for work everyday, but I always take a little time in the mornings to make the watering rounds with Cors in tow. Cors sometimes likes to sneak a drink from the watering can. Sometimes he just watches for chipmunks. We start with the patio flowers. The first rosebud of [...]
Cors, the pup, and I have morning and after work rituals of watering the gardens. His favorite is the little container garden that’s growing on the balcony. He runs to the corner to poke his nose through the rails, tries sneak a little water himself and barks at the birds that are always hanging out [...]
It was super windy and a little chilly today so I didn’t manage to tackle any of my outdoor garden projects. Instead, I worked on a few knitting and indoor garden things. We did a little plant shopping and I spent most of the afternoon finding homes for our newest plants. We had barely enough [...]
All my little seeds are growing like crazy and I’m almost worried I started them too soon. We might get snow this week so my little greens will be staying indoors for a bit. They seem pretty happy. They get lots of sunshine and enough, but not too much water….and music. Did you ever do [...]
Maybe it’s because of all the Spring-like sunshine (even though it’s still freeeeezing outside!) or maybe I’ve had a little more free time, whatever the reason I’ve been pulling out my old paints and canvasses, bright yarn and (figurative) gardening gloves and messing around. Lots! I gathered up a bunch of photos from recent projects [...]
Today I’m starting a new feature that will probably be making an appearance twice a month or so. Say, “hello!” to Thrifty Friday! Thrifty Friday posts are going to cover all kinds of subjects from a penny saving point of view. Today’s topic: gardening from seeds. Starting your garden from seed is quite a bit [...]
A few years ago, I saw an amazing garden in an issue of ReadyMade. (I need to go through my old issues and see if I can find the actual photo.) I think it was planted in the courtyard of a Spanish style ranch somewhere in New Mexico; it was a full on riot of [...]
I’m so excited about this second and (sadly) final gardening guest post from Lara Lewis, gardener and jewelry maker extraordinaire. Today’s post is all about the joys of moon gardening. I haven’t experimented much with moon gardening, but after reading Lara’s post, I think I need to give it a try! (credit) (credit) I’ve been [...]
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