Happy August! It’s the first Monday of the month which means I’m joining my blogging friends for some Monday Morning Blooms. You can find my friends’ links to the floral inspiration at the bottom of this post. Our common theme for this week’s edition of Monday Morning Blooms was creating a flower arrangement for a…
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…
Make affordable supports for your garden flowers with this easy tutorial and tomato cage hack. Happy Wednesday! I have an easy DIY for my gardener friends. . . Flower Supports from a Tomato Cage! This post may contain affiliate links. For more information see my disclosure policy. The inspiration for this DIY came from Jardin…
Happy Thursday! It is hot where you are? We’re in mid 90s this week with the humidity pushing the heat index to the 100+ degree mark. With no rain in the forecast, it’s going to be a challenge to keep the garden watered for foreseeable future! I questioned my timing (and sanity) tackling a couple…
Happy Thursday, I’m sharing a July garden update this morning! This is a photo heavy post, so grab a cold drink, apply your sunscreen, and join me for a stroll around the Potting Shed to see what’s in bloom! Endless Summer Hydrangeas are starting to fade from their vibrant spring blues to softer greens of…
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!…
Thank you to everyone for your encouraging words about my photoshopped Potting Shed in the fall issue of Country Gardens Magazine. To use a boating analogy, seeing my shed and work in the magazine without any recognition, and on the cover no less, took the wind right out of my sails. Your support and kind comments…
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…
Happy Wednesday! Summer arrives officially tomorrow but we’ve had summer like temperatures for weeks now. . . And it’s National Pollinator Week and I’ve been as busy as a bee trying to keep everything watered in the summer heat! We went from a very wet spring and a full pond after Subtropical Storm Alberto over…
Happy Monday, I hope you had a good weekend! I’ve been busy puttering and planting around the Potting Shed. The window boxes are filling in nicely and growing. They were planted after our freeze date mid-April, with a combination of sun-loving summer annuals . . .Petunias, Hot Lobeila, Coleus and Sweet Potato Vine. The window…