Join me for a look back at a year of flower therapy, gardening inspiration, and seasonal creativity around the Potting Shed. From DIY seed tape and free hydrangeas to peonies, pumpkins, pollinators, and whimsical tabletop gardening, this year-in-review celebrates the joy of growing, creating, and finding beauty in every season. Happy Thursday! How about a…
Plant some vintage charm in your garden by upcycling an old bicycle to garden on wheels! You’ll find steps and tips to plant bicycle baskets with flowers. Happy Friday! I’m sharing a fun project and a little gardening on wheels. . . petals for pedals and planting a vintage bicycle!
Happy Monday, I hope you had a good weekend! Ours was a hot one with a few early morning garden chores. July is a maintenance month in the garden. . . watering, weeding, deadheading and fertilizing. I’m dashing out the door to water and weed in the early morning hours before rushing back inside to…
Thank you for all your visits, comments, shares and Pins in 2017. I’m so honored you find the time to visit my little blog and Potting Shed! I’m bringing you a little flower therapy on a January day! Here’s look back at how I potted, puttered, played around the Potting Shed in 2017, with highlights from the months, seasons and holidays. Click…
September is a month of transition in the garden with summer blooms waning and annuals spent from the summer heat. . .just like me! The creamy-chartreuse Limelight Hydrangea blooms have transitioned from summer to fall to a burnished shade. And the stems are weighted down and heavy with flowers. September’s light has shifted and taken…
Are your palms itching to dig in the dirt and fill your containers and beds with spring and summer annuals? Our frost date in North Carolina is April 15th but we all know how unpredictable Mother Nature can be. I learned the hard way not be tempted by all the beautiful flowers arriving in the garden centers in March and early…
For those of you buried under the snow from the blizzard that hit the East Coast over the weekend, I’m sending you some flower therapy to chase away the winter blues! Freshly picked from the 2015 archives, here’s a round-up of flowers and promise of spring and summer blooms to come! Click on the links…
I’m gardening on wheels with a bicycle built for planting! I picked up a vintage Schwinn Breeze bicycle last fall, for the bargain price of three pumpkins. She’s planted by my Potting Shed and parked by a salvaged chimney pot that’s home to a Kimberley Queen fern. I placed a coir liner in her basket and filled it with a combination…