It’s fall and that means pumpkins! Pumpkin patches, pumpkin festivals, and pumpkins at the nursery and grocery store. We all know pumpkins are great for carving, but with all of the choices available, which is the best choice for creating all those great recipes that are pumpkin inspired? If you want to make a recipe using…
Using Ladders in the Garden
Last spring, one of the local antique shops in town was closing it’s doors. A half price sale was all I needed to head down and take a look. This little ladder with the painted, screwed on box, was obviously destined to be used in the bathroom, but not quite my style. But, at 10 dollars…
Mailbox Planters
I’ve been looking for one of those large old mailboxes for quite a while. I was leaving a local junk store, when a friend who has a booth there was unloading her car from a recent estate sale. I spotted it! This old black mailbox! And what a bargain, only $5.00. I grabbed it up, loaded…
Words to Live By
I love inspirational quotes and have a pinterest board dedicated to them. My friend Candi is a wonderful photographer and will often send me pictures of her garden. I thought this butterfly deserved a quote to represent it’s beauty.
Rainy Day Gratitude
Rainy days are great for checking out pinterest for gardening inspiration. You can find me HERE Karen
Red White and Blue!
Flea Market Gardening
This is a chicken feed hopper used in a chicken house. Love the red and blue sticker. The lantana is finally beginning to fill out. Tip: don’t fill the whole container with dirt. Halfway down, I placed a board with holes drilled in it. I’m not sure how this old wicker chair holds together. It’s…
Johnny Cakes
I’ve heard of Johnny cakes for years and have eaten a few myself. But, I remember my grandmother calling them hotcakes. Being from the South, I laid claim to them assuming they were associated with the Civil War. The term hoecake was attributed to slaves, but Johnny Cakes go back farther than that, and many…
Got Milkweed?
According Monarch Watch there are many reasons there has been a decline in the monarch butterfly population.Widespread use of herbicides, developement of subdivisions and shopping centers and the mowing along highways has contributed to the decline of nectar sources. But there are some things we can do. Why not create a monarch waystation at your…
Garden Planner Giveaway
And the winner is……..Emily Rose. Thank you to all who entered
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