Floristry

Color Thoughts For The Harvest

With the Thanksgiving Floral Arrangement Class coming up I have been out in the garden gathering materials. Thinking about color palettes-wanting something bright and sunny for the table. Today I decided to cut up the rust toned mums which have totally had it in the container. Yesterday I  started hacking some old grapevines out of [...]

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Thanksgiving Flower Arranging Class

Do you have a list? I hate to call it a ‘bucket list’ because I quite frankly hate to use cliches from Jack Nicholson movies – especially when I had my list before the movie. But on THAT list is a goal that I made when I moved here 8 years ago….to start using my barn [...]

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Snippets: Misfit Bouquet

Oh, the end of the annual cutting garden is here. Drips and drabs are hanging on- a few zinnias and stock, the last of the snapdragons and some butterfly weed whose foliage has been altered plum from the whisper of a frost last night. I gather enough to make a small bouquet, stop by the [...]

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DIY: Great Halloween Ideas

The starter motor in my car was dead this morning, so I have to drive the truck.  Driving the truck makes everything feel different.  It is the vehicular equivalent of rose colored glasses…except it makes me sing old country songs and desperately want to go junking – which I think I might do.  I have an appointment this [...]

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String Garden Mosquito Repellers

I simply adore this idea for a practical application of string gardens.   That is, use the string gardens (formally know as kokedama)  as a tool for dangling lavender and rosemary plants in an area where you wish to repel mosquitos.  As natural insect repellants, the hanging plants are placed precisely where they need to [...]

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Zen Gardens For The Anal Retentive

These gardens are not for me, and quite frankly, if you have kids or pets they probably are not for you either.   That’s not to say, I don’t completely love them (I do)….it’s just that I can’t imagine having the patience to create the beautiful patterns and if I did achieve such a feat, I would [...]

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Manger Flower Cake

Do you need a little break from Chelsea coverage? (I do). I picked my first from-the-garden bouquet yesterday.  It is a pretty mix of peonies, salvia, daisies, carnations, roses and spirea.  It reminded me of this cake…something I am hoping to recreate from my own garden — just as soon as the raspberries, blueberries, and currants [...]

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