Celebrate World Bee Day and learn what you can do to help the bees and other pollinators. I’m celebrating the bees today in honor of World Bee Day, bringing awareness to importance of pollinators. If you’ve been a follower of my blog for any length of time then you know I love all things *bee*…
Happy Monday! Instead of Christmas in July, I’m having some rib-tickling Halloween in July fun with some gardening help from the skeleton crew! Long time readers know I love Halloween but if Halloween isn’t your cup of tea, I apologize in advance. <|;>) Rod and Rowena are the skeleton crew at Hawthorne Gardens. They…
Celebrate World Bee Day with a table buzzing with fun. You’ll also learn what you can do to help the bees and other pollinators. In anticipation of World Bee Day, I’m all abuzz in the Potting Shed! Please join me, along with my friends for a little table top fun in celebration and a few…
Is anyone else finding it hard to *bee*lieve that Thanksgiving is Thursday? I’m taking a little time out this week to *bee* thankful and in the Potting Shed for a little tabletop fun. This post contains affiliate links. For more information see my disclosure policy. I love all things ‘bee’ and this Bee Thankful Sign…
Happy Monday! I’ve had a ‘bee in my bonnet’ about a back door ‘Welcome’ for the Potting Shed. The Potting Shed is oriented with the back door to the driveway and road and is more visible than the front door, which faces a wooded area by the lake. This post contains affiliate links. For…
I’m chalking up a little garden inspiration and words of wisdom on my Potting Shed door. . . Note to self: “The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.” ~ Mark Nepo Bees are buzzing around the Passion Flower Vine. . . The Allium. . . They’re buzzing around the…
I love all things *bee* and love seeing them buzz and bumble about the garden. . . I cut some flowers and bee favorites to fill some Quattro Stagioni Canning Jars. The jars have an adorable bee skep design which is hard to photograph, but ideal for a just-picked bouquet from the garden! They’re filled flowers…
It’s been a long hot summer and I’m beyond ready for fall, but Mother Nature has more summer temperatures for us in North Carolina before it’s time to shop for pumpkins, mums and Indian corn. My petunia-filled flower pouch on the door of my Potting Shed, suffered from heat exhaustion and couldn’t be resuscitated after a long weekend out-of-town.…
I couldn’t let Valentine’s Day pass without a little *Bee* Mine tabletop fun in the Potting Shed! I found red chalkboard paper at Target that provided the inspiration for a little whimsy and chalking fun for a tabletop runner. Just add chalk instead of water for instant blooms and hearts for Valentine’s Day! Embossed salad plates and stemless…
I’m a fan of Jars and *Bees* so I’m sharing some Jar and Bee Love, rolled into one package, with a wee summertime giveaway! I was buzzing around T. J. Maxx when I spied Quattro Stagioni Canning Jars a year ago, and again more recently a couple of weeks ago. The bee skep design on the jars is ideal…