Think outside the vase and upcycle a vintage honey can as a vase for garden flowers. Post includes includes flower arrangement longevity tips and additional floral inspiration. Happy Monday! The garden has burst into bloom and is buzzing with bees! And I’m joining my blogging friends to share some floral inspiration and Monday Morning Blooms!…
Happy Wednesday! I took a cue from the birds and have been busy nesting in the Potting Shed. Birds of a feather have flocked together for a little tabletop dining and seed buffet . . . Every bird is welcome! I love all things ‘bird’! Eastern Bluebirds have taken up residence in two of our…
Happy Friday! The peonies are in bloom just in time for Mother’s Day! Time to celebrate the blooms with some Ball jar bouquets! I cut some blooms to enjoy on a window shelf in the Potting Shed. Peony blooms are so fleeting, you have to enjoy the beauty and sweet fragrance while you can! Heavy…
Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend! I’ve been busy gardening, spring cleaning and doing a little painting and repair around the Potting Shed. It was one of those weeks where I busy, but don’t have much to show for it, with projects in various stages of completion. Lola was supervising and keeping…
Tabletop gardening in the Potting Shed with butterflies, blooms and Portmeirion Botanic Garden. A sprinkling of water cans are planted with flowers in anticipation of spring gardening season. Happy April! It’s the first Monday of the month and I’m happy to be joining my blogging friends to share some floral inspiration and Monday Morning Blooms!…
We’ve had some squirrel adventures over the last couple of weeks! Momma Squirrel decided to build a nest in the top watering can of the chain gang by the Potting Shed. This particular watering can is always popular with birds in the spring and has a high occupancy rate. I guess they like the protection…
Create a wreath to welcome spring along with an easy technique to make a multi-ribbon bow, no bow-tying skills required! I’m welcoming Spring on the door of the Potting Shed . . . And have a spring in my step after a week of welcome sunshine and beautiful weather! Rain boots weren’t needed this week…
Happy first day of Spring! Spring officially arrives today in the Northern Hemisphere, even if it doesn’t quite feel like it across parts of the country! I’m hopping into spring and sharing a round-up of spring and a little Easter inspiration from the archives. Click on the links for more details or to revisit the…
Celebrating the arrival of spring in anticipation of gardening season. Ball jar bouquets of hyacinths, tulips and iris provide spring blooms to pair with vintage transferware for some tabletop gardening in the Potting Shed. Happy Monday! It’s happy week for us as there is sunshine without a drop of rain in sight in the forecast,…
Are you in need of some flower therapy or a dose of spring with all the rain and snow across the US? The past 6 months have been one for the record books here in North Carolina, with 38 inches of rain, just 4 inches shy our annual total. The lake is full to overflowing…
