Hello September. . . I’m so glad you’re here! I’ve been waiting not-so-patiently for your arrival. I’m ready for cooler temperatures. . . Looking forward to your colors and textures. . . Fall boating and picnic weather. . . Fall Pontoon Picnic The Flavors of Fall Picnic Leaf peeping. . . Beautiful orange sunsets. . . The arrival…
Are you ready for Thanksgiving? I have an easy and casual centerpiece that you can put together for your table at the last-minute with items from the grocery store! I assembled a harvest centerpiece for Thanksgiving using a rustic wooden box / caddy that I had. You can use any kind of wooden box, crate, basket…
Welcome November. . .how did you get here so quickly? I cut some Limelight hydrangeas, maiden grass and feathery fall grasses to fill a watering can to hang in welcome on the door of the Potting Shed. Grasses are ready to sprinkle, replacing the missing watering can rose. Fall is late arriving here but the leaves are starting…
Fall has been slow to arrive in North Carolina and I’m slowing making my way around the Potting Shed, adding some fall color with pumpkins and mums. We’ve had a warm week with temperatures in the 80s but we’re cooling down a bit in time for the weekend. Our leaves are just starting to show the first signs of…
The Potting Shed is dressed for fall with pumpkins, mums and corn stalks for a celebration of fall and harvest season! We’ve had a week of beautiful fall weather with daytime temperatures in the 70s, dipping into the 40s and 50s at night. We’re warming up again this week to summer-like temperatures in the 80s…
It still feels like summer here in North Carolina, but I’m ready to welcome fall! I’m slowing adding bits of fall around the Potting Shed. A tricolor pot of mums helps make the transition to fall, blending the colors of both seasons, while summer annuals are still in bloom. My window boxes are waning after a dry…
Welcome September. . . I’m so glad you’re here! I’ve been waiting not-so-patiently for your arrival. I’m ready for cooler temperatures. . . Looking forward to your colors and textures. . . Fall boating and picnic weather. . . Fall Pontoon Picnic The Flavors of Fall Picnic Leaf peeping. . . Beautiful sunsets. . . The arrival of pumpkins.…
It’s that time of year for a hay bale harvest. . . When the field next to my Potting Shed is cut and baled. In a week’s time the field went from bronze feathery topped grasses. . . To tidy large round bales. I’m always a little sad to see the field cut . . . And look…
I filled my Ferry’s Seeds Box with a bit of fall. . . Some mums and pumpkins. . . Ornamental kale, gourds and ivy to soften and spill over the sides. And tucked them in together in my vintage Ferry’s Seeds Box with a little Spanish moss. I hung a bundle of Indian corn for some seasonal texture and…
I’ve been adding a bit of fall around the Potting Shed, step-by-step. Adding a few mums, pumpkins and Indian corn to celebrate the season. I harvested of set of three chippy drawers from a favorite antique mall for $7 each. I played with them a bit before deciding they would be a good fit on my ladder steps.…