Happy Monday! Peonies have been blooming around The Potting Shed and I cut some blooms in celebration! Peony blooms are fleeting, especially as they tend to coincide with volatile spring weather. . . heavy rain with storms, blustery winds and spiking temperatures that fade the blooms and reduce the flowers to petal confetti in matter…
Happy Thanksgiving Week! I know it’s a busy week for everyone with the cooking, cleaning or travelling, not to mention decking the halls, trimming the tree and Black Friday shopping! I’m sharing a favorite recipe and one that makes me thankful: Ina Garten’s Make-Ahead Cranberry Sauce. I shared this recipe a couple of years ago…
Fans of Hot Pepper Jelly will love this easy freezer jam. Made with just 4 ingredients in less than 30 minutes, no canning required! Happy Thursday! Are you a fan of Hot Pepper Jelly? We enjoy it over cream cheese for a crowd-pleasing appetizer, as an easy glaze for cocktail meatballs or wings for game…
Happy Wednesday! Peonies have been blooming for a couple of weeks and I cut some blooms for some Ball Jar Bouquets to celebrate the short but sweet season! I always eagerly await peony season which is usually early to mid-May in our zone 7b garden, in North Carolina. Peonies like the cold winters in USDA…
Find the easy steps to make a sugar scrub that’s fragrant and pretty too. Ready to gift or use in just five minutes! Raise your hand if you love an easy craft project that comes together quickly and also makes a beautiful and fragrant gift! This DIY Simple Sugar Scrub checks all the boxes and…
Happy Monday! It’s one of my favorite days of the month, when I join my blogging friends, Shirley, Pam and Lidy, for some flower therapy and Monday Morning Blooms! You can find my flower friends’ links and more floral inspiration at the bottom of this post. May is my favorite month in the garden and…
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…
Create an autumn infusion of flavor in a specialty bourbon for gifting or for mixing cocktails for the holiday season. In my search for recipes for apple week with The Novel Bakers I ran across Autumn Flavor-Infused Bourbon. Apple Pie-Infused Bourbon and a variation, Orange, Clove, and Cranberry-Infused Bourbon, were in the food gift section of Southern Living Magazine.…