For winter’s rains and ruins are over, And all the season of snows and sins; The days dividing lover and lover, The light that loses, the night that wins; And time remembered is grief forgotten, And frosts are slain and flowers begotten, And in green underwood and cover Blossom by blossom the spring begins. ~ [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Blossom by Blossom
Posted in Flowers, Food! Wine!, Poetry & Borrowed Words, tagged Algernon Charles Swinburne, Blossom by Blossom, Camelia, Clivia, Daffodils, Love Lies Bleeding, Martha Washington Geraniums, Peas, Tree Tobacco on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do I Smell Like Dirt?
Posted in Food! Wine!, Plant Care, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Seasons, tagged flower child, garden, Margaret Atwood, Nicotiana glauca, pricking out seedlings, seeds, smell like dirt, Tree Tobacco on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~Margaret Atwood In years past, I was a very sloppy flower child. Seeds were something I purchased and either tossed at random in the wind to see what would happen, or put in little pots in such an overcrowded and abandoned [...]
Fun With Power Tools
Posted in Re-Purposed, tagged chest of drawers, dresser, planting boxes, raised bed, recycle, repurposed furniture, upcycled, wine crate, wooden wine box on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I finally took some time to get my wooden wine boxes ready for planting in, as well as the old chest of drawers that had finally seen the last days of its ability to hold clothing. For the dresser, I took all the drawers out and planned to use the main part as [...]
Gardening Book Review
Posted in Books, Uncategorized, tagged Alys Fowler, Garden Anywhere, Gardening at the Dragon's Gate, gardening books, Wendy Johnson on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a rainy weekend and one thing I love to do in this kind of weather is read. I’ve recently finished two gardening books that were actually good enough for me to recommend to any gardeners out there looking for inspiration: “Garden Anywhere” by Alys Fowler This book was discovered in a used book store [...]
Magic Beans
Posted in Art, Lunar Musings, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Uncategorized, tagged Anise, Beans, Cypress Vine, Gertrude Jekyll, Gnome, Guided by the Moon, Himalayan Blue Poppy, Hollyhock, Hyssop, Jack and the Beanstalk, Johanna Paungger, Love Lies Bleeding, Magnus Lovage, Night Scented Tobacco, Radicchio, Red Milkweed, Scott Gustafson, Seed Savers Exchange, St. John's Wort, the love of gardening, Thyme on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies. – Gertrude Jekyll That quote was chosen because this is the time to plant seeds! Also, her name is Gertrude, one of my favorite of the “vintage” names. One of my grandmothers was named Gertrude and it always upset me that they called [...]
Happy Venus’ Day
Posted in Art, Tomatoes, Uncategorized, tagged Brandywine, Friday, Heirloom Tomatoes, Jean Leon Gerome, Queen Anne's Lace, Venus, wisteria on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Venus” by Jean Leon Gerome I love the word “Friday” in the romance languages because you can actually hear the “dies Veneris” or “day of Venus” happening in the word. Say Vendredi (French) Venerdì (Italian) or Viernes (Spanish) and it’s a much more exotic day than “Friday”. Our way of saying it drums up images [...]
Hearts Wildly Open
Posted in Adventures!, carrots, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Tomatoes, Uncategorized, tagged Anise, Atlanta, Black Sea Man, Dragon Carrot, Georgia, Hearts Wildly Open, Himalayan Blue Poppy, Hyssop, Kali Heydel, Long Tom Tomato, Love Lies Bleeding, Magnus Lovage, Night Scented Tobacco, Red Milkweed, Seed Savers Exchange, St. John's Wort on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Breathe Breathe love into the cup of your hands and place your flaming palms against your heart Let this warmth melt your fears like wax before a fire and watch the delicious softening reveal the wildflower of your heart. We must live with Hearts Wide Open Hearts Wildly Open. –Kali Heydel Actually, I’m waiting for [...]
Wish I May, Wish I Might…
Posted in Wishing Well, tagged black angel's trumpet, black bat plant, datura, Equal Rights, Himalayan Blue Poppy, Picotee Morning Glory, Pink Pampas Grass, prairie smoke, sleepy hollow farm, Tacca chantrieri, wish list on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What’s on your wish list?
