Love is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer’s year — it brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul. ~Author Unknown Welcome July! My garden’s cup runneth over with every color in the rainbow. Dahlia and Sweet Pea for the vase on our table, a sprinkling of chive blossoms […]
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Spring in my garden–a feast of color
Spring in my garden–a feast of color–and my favorite time of year. Every day I see something new that wasn’t there the day before, and a world that was filled with grays and browns is now flush with every hue in the rainbow. With my hands in the soil, surrounded by my beloved plants, I […]
Five jaw-droppingly gorgeous gardens
Many of my readers know gardening is a passion of mine, so I’m sure it comes as no surprise that I love to explore gardens and parks when I travel. My ‘Garden Bucket List’ is is much longer than what I’ll be able to see in my lifetime, but as spring breathes new life into […]
The carrot seed: Homegrown goodness
One of Little Bird’s favorite books is ‘The Carrot Seed,” written by Ruth Krauss and originally published in 1945. The story features a little boy who plants a carrot seed. No one in his family thinks it will come up. But the little boy knows better. He pulls the weeds and waters his carrot until, […]
My garden in August
Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown My beloved garden, look how you’ve grown. New plants last fall And, here she is, in all her glory, August 2014 Take the road less traveled, Beth
Pretty in pink
Flowers really do intoxicate me. ~Vita Sackville-West Pretty in pink, my garden in June. Peony Bleeding Heart Delphinium Astrantia Cosmos Clematis Rose Take the road less traveled, Beth
Rebirth of a garden
If you would have a lovely garden, you should live a lovely life. – Shaker saying When I first saw the Urban Cabin the garden looked like this: A few years later, and a couple things planted here and there, and the garden looked like this: Then we remodeled, tore off the back of our […]
The gardens of Giverny
I still remember the first time I saw Monet’s water lily paintings in Paris. Standing in the middle of the circular room at the Musee de l’Orangerie, the walls awash in color, I felt transported to the gardens of Giverny where Claude Monet lived and painted for 43 years. Monet once said, “I perhaps owe […]
Chamomile smile
“One tablespoon, taken at bedtime,” said Mrs. Rabbit pouring a Peter a bit of chamomile tea. Peter rabbit was feeling rather poorly after dining on too much lettuce, French beans and radishes in Mr. McGregor’s garden. Mrs. Rabbit was one smart mama bunny. She knew her medicinal herbs. Chamomile has been used for thousands of […]
Cool as a cucumber
Big Papa and I are an online dating success story. In his profile he wrote, “Frankly, there’s something really therapeutic about pulling weeds after a long week at work.” When I read that, I thought, “This guy is for me!” I love to garden. Feeling the earth between my fingers is elemental, and watching plants […]