One of my new garden friends, Diana from Porterville, Western Cape, South Africa, has asked me to blog post about my header. I though it would be the perfect post for one of those nights when I’m pooped and headed for bed early or unable to focus on more. Tonight is definitely that night. So: [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Two Fish Swimming in Opposite Directions
Posted in Art, Favorite Things, Re-Purposed, tagged Aristotle, Fence, Garden Art, Glass Paint, Mermaids, Pisces, Re-purposed, Sash Window on June 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I Dare You to do Nothing!
Posted in Favorite Things, Flowers, Sunday, tagged apple blossom, Artemesia, clear blue sky, doing nothing, Edgar, Grotesque, Mermaid, nature, Peanut, Poppies, variegated artemesia on June 20, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Yesterday, I finished up at work and then Tom and I went out to a late lunch. We like to do that on Saturdays whenever possible because it’s the end of our work week officially and sets the tone for unwinding a bit. It was lovely and romantic and delicious and yes, there was wine. [...]
No Other Occupation Like Gardening
Posted in Flowers, Gladiola, Matilija Poppy, Poetry & Borrowed Words, tagged garden blog, garden photo, gardening, Matilija Poppy, Mirabel Osler, Purple Gladiola, smiling on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~Mirabel Osler A busy day and weekend planned. No time to write today! Sharing a garden photo and a link to a fabulous website. Welcome to summer – hang [...]
Virgo Days
Posted in Critters, Lunar Musings, Plant Care, tagged Dydrangea, garden, garden blog, Guided by the Moon, Johanna Paungger, lettuce, meditation circle, Moon, Royal Burgundy Bush Beans, seeds, Thomas Poppe, transplanting, Virgo, Wine Box, Yellow Pencil Pod Beans on June 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Moon moved into Virgo early this morning, which means I absolutely must garden this evening after work! My almanac, “Guided By The Moon” by Johanna Paungger and Thomas Poppe, says Virgo days “are the best days for almost every type of work in garden, field, and forest that is connected with setting, transplants and [...]
A Shy Presence
Posted in Critters, Poetry & Borrowed Words, tagged artichokes, bunny, dawn, garden, garden blog, James Douglas, rabbit, shy, stepping stones on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought. ~ James Douglas Yesterday, we were visited by a rabbit. There are no words that adequately describe this little poofy thing’s cuteness. I mean, [...]
Hands in the Dirt
Posted in Flowers, Poetry & Borrowed Words, tagged Alfred Austin, alyssum, basil, Cupid, datura, Evening Primrose, garden blog, gardening, Nasturtium, nature, tendril on June 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.” ~ Alfred Austin “Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.” ~ Alfred Austin “Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.” ~Alfred Austin “There is no gardening without humility. [...]
B is for Borage, Bees and Blue
Posted in Borage, Critters, Food! Wine!, Herbs, Tea Plants, tagged Bee Bread, Bees, Blue, Borage, Bugloss, Embroidery, Fritters, garden, garden blog, Herb of Gladness, John Evelyn, Mario Batali, Pliny, Star Flower on June 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“To enliven the sad with the joy of a joke Give them wine with some borage put in it to soak”. ~ old English rhyme Borage (Borago officinalis) is a hardy annual herb. Some of its other names; Bugloss, Bee Bread, Herb of Gladness and Star Flower. It likes lots of sun, grows about two [...]
Uh Oh – Pam’s got Grenades!
Posted in Favorite Things, tagged flower bomb, flower granade, garden, garden blog, seeds on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just arrived in the mail this morning from my daughter, Terri: clay flower grenades! These are awesome! They arrived very well packed in foam to prevent premature explosion. These totally made my day and I feel like a Ninja! ready to go out and attack some ugly dirt with my special grenades! Now, all I [...]
Go on Flying Anyway
Posted in Art, Critters, Flowers, Poetry & Borrowed Words, tagged Avon, Bumble Bees, Flowers, Foxglove, garden, garden blog, Lisa Falzon, Mary Kay Ash, nectar, pink cadillac, pollinate, The Hive and the Bumble Bee on June 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” ~ Mary Kay Ash As I searched for a good quote about Bumble Bees, I ran across Mary Kay Ash. Remembering all the Mary Kay and Avon makeup the stifled women in my [...]
…Five Potato, Six Potato…
Posted in Guest Gardeners, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Potatoes, Vegetables, tagged camping potatoes, Catile Soap insect spray, Dr. Bronner's, Eucalyptus oil, inch worm, Louisa May Alcott, money, Potato Plant, Potatoes, raised bed, root of all evil on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.” Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), American novelist As promised, an update from Kenny for the Potato Experiment!: “They are growing quite well in my raised beds. As [...]
Cleaning House
Posted in Re-Purposed, tagged hose quide, pruning, pulling weeds, waning moon on June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend was spent pulling grass and weeds, trimming and pruning, staking/trellising and tidying up the garden. Reward for my efforts came in the form of a wheelbarrow full of trimmings and some aches and scrapes – my garden doesn’t even look any thinner or sparser. It’s getting crowded and LUSH, but I want it [...]
