Tag: flowers
Garden Treasures
Good afternoon garden friends. I am so excited. I spoke with a good friend of mine yesterday and she mentioned something that caught my attention. She has been drying and saving various flowers and foliage this year to create garden crafts for the holidays. One craft in particular was making garden potpourri. I really want…
Starting A Fall Garden
Hello again my gardening friends. I hope your gardens are exploding with bounties of fresh fruits, herbs, flowers and vegetables and you are enjoying your summer! All is well in my garden and I gearing up to start a fall garden in the next several days. My choices are: Purple Top Turnip 60 Days…
Saving My Daisies
I collected a few dried seed heads from my shasta daisy plants and will be saving the seeds. It is remarkable how many seeds you can collect from a single spent flower! Have a great week everyone and happy gardening!
Garden Art Or Not?
Greetings gardening friends. I hope all is well with you and your gardens! A good friend of mine recently inherited a home and some property. It has been vacant for years and needs a little work, but with a bit of elbow grease, it will be a beautiful place. She asked for my assistance to…
A Helping Hand…..
Good day to you, my gardening friends. Due to possible fluctuating temperatures or some other sort of complication, my squash plants are finally producing female flowers. Wahooooooo! I feared fresh home grown squash was not going to be a part of my garden repertoire this year. So, I have decided to give the plants a…
Saturday Morning Antics….
Hi there everyone. I hope all is well in your gardens. I was outside tinkering earlier and snapped a few shots of some newbies: My sedums were given to me by a friend as divisions a couple of years ago. The flowers are a light violet color when they bloom. The bumblebees love them! Wahooooo…my…
Garden Update…..
Hello gardening friends….here is an update on my garden… Pictured are a few pots of cow peas and beans. The sticks are in place to deter cats and the ever-digging squirrels in my backyard. I typically use old chopsticks, bamboo skewers, twigs or plastic utensils placed on top or in the soil. The Shasta…
Anna's Gardening Antics & Musings 