Making Lavender Bottles
Lavender is one of my favorite “Make it Do” flowers… as useful as it is pretty. This hardy, easy to grow herb that has been valued for centuries for it’s wonderful scent. I grow mostly Munstead and Hidcote varieties of…
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What do all these plants in my garden have in common? Answer: They were all free. That’s right, they cost zero, zilch, nada. How, you might ask? Because they were all transplants from my Mother-in-Law, Kit’s garden. The hostas above…
Make it Do with Herbs
I use fresh herbs in recipes all year long. I have even gone out in the middle of Winter to dig through the snow for thyme or parsley. I have a small herb garden right near my kitchen, where I…
Strawberries for Sweetness
I love berries of all kinds. A bowl of berries tastes better than chocolate… almost. Now I’m thinking of berries covered in chocolate…. mmmm. Strawberries are the easiest berries to grow in your garden. They aren’t mean and invasive like…
This makes me happy…
I spent part of yesterday on hands and knees, weeding in the garden. If I hadn’t I might have missed a few things. Some things are best appreciated close up… like my Quince. I am in love with my Magnolia……
A Normal Day and the Fate of a Weed
Today was just a normal day. But a normal day can become a great day when your 7 year old has learned the difference a prized foxglove and a weed. And digs that weed out! Wahoo! I finally have weeders! …
The Early Bird Gets the Tomato
There are few things I look forward to more than the first tomatoes from my garden. They are a bit of an obsession. Drew and I love to eat them with salt and pepper and cottage cheese, or sliced on…
Use it Up on a Rainy Day
“Making it Do” means looking at everything differently. Instead of just throwing something into the recycling bin or the garbage, I ask myself… Could this be used for something else? I am amazed how often the answer is YES when…
Planting peas…
I woke up this morning to about 3 inches of snow (big sigh.) But Saturday was almost 70 degrees and my whole day was spent in the garden. The sun was shining and the soil is warming up. The first…