Hang a garden apron and hat on a garden shed door~ a 5-minute update and easy alternative to a wreath, for the lazy days of summer. I found a blooming gardening apron a couple of weeks ago while enjoying some retail therapy. This Esschert’s Garden apron was $9.99 at T.J. Maxx. When I bought it,…
I love seeing and hearing the bees buzz and bumble about the garden. . . I chalked up my Potting Shed door with a favorite quote by Elizabeth Lawrence: “The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.” A garden with bees is a happy garden. . . Bees on sunflowers . . .…
My Potting Shed was featured in She Sheds: A Room of Your Own, by Erika Kotite, published by Cool Springs Press/Quarto Publishing Group. “She” was honored to be included among the examples of She Sheds in this book! You can find her in the “Sheds for Gardeners” chapter. Other chapters in the book include “What’s Your…
I seem to be spending all my free time this spring, planting, puttering and pulling weeds around the Potting Shed! I usually spend a couple of hours there each morning, and then again in the early evening, checking on how things are growing, while weeding and watering, and watching the bees buzz and the hummers zip around.…
Happy Monday, I hope you had a good weekend! We’ve enjoyed some cooler temperatures the last few days which were perfect for gardening and working around the Potting Shed. I’ve been busy as a bee buzzing from project to project, planting and painting, details and photos to come soon. Here are a few garden rules I like…
My galvanized watering cans were collected over the years from flea markets and antique malls, some European, but most made in USA. They’re a rag-tag bunch, complete with dents and missing roses. While I love to find them in mint condition with their roses intact, I’m fond of those that were well used, imagining all the flowers and…
We’re enjoying some welcome 70 degree temperatures our first week of spring that has my palms itching to dig in the dirt! Our frost date is April 15th so I’m biding my time and satisfying my craving for flowers with spring bulbs. . . Hyacinths and Daffodils and chalkboard blooms on my Potting Shed door. I was able to…
I have an exciting bit of news to share and a little giveaway for shed lovers! My Potting Shed is featured in She Sheds: A Room of Your Own, by Erika Kotite, published by Cool Springs Press/Quarto Publishing Group, available January 15th! My little shed was honored to be included among the examples of she…
Happy Friday! I’m puttering around and gathering greenery to deck the halls this week. We had some much-needed rain last weekend, so I’m a little further behind than I’d like to be, but I was glad to see the rain! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Potting Shed. I spent some…
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…
