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I saw this on Instagram and tried it this year for my tomatoes, peppers, zinnias, and stock. You start with an empty gallon jug and cut it almost in half. Poke some holes in the bottom for drainage. Add potting soil and get it thoroughly moistened. Sprinkle the seeds over the soil and sprinkle withContinue reading “Tricky seed starting”

If you have been following me for a while, you know that I have big stock tanks behind my shed that I grow stuff in. I have had trouble keeping it watered sufficiently in the summer and stuff has really struggled. So I asked my husband if he could take the tubing from the sprinklerContinue reading “Additions to the sprinkler system”

I have a small herb garden just outside my kitchen window, and sometimes I ask my husband to grab something for me, but he doesn’t know what anything looks like except chives and parsley. I wanted to put markers in the garden so that he would know what everything is, but I have found thatContinue reading “New handy stuff for the garden”

My in-laws had friends over for dinner this past weekend, and I offered to put together some arrangements for the table. I had quite a few button mums, and something that looks like statice, but is called something else, leftover. I also had quite a few dahlias that bloomed. It’s a cacophony of flowers, butContinue reading “Subscription, purchased, and garden flowers”

I found a bowl that I really love while thrifting with a friend in ATL–great green color and size made in France for just over a dollar. I bought it because I loved it, but also thought it could work as a container for a flower arrangement. I don’t have a lot blooming right now–pinkContinue reading “Beautiful arrangement in a thrifted bowl”

We planted a curly filbert a few years ago and it apparently didn’t like the REALLY cold weather we had this past winter because a large branch died this spring. I cut it off and planned to use it for flower arrangements because it’s super sculptural and cool. I started the arrangement by putting wetContinue reading “Stylish Arrangement with Interesting components from the garden”

My husband was bound and determined to get all the stone up on the big wall this past weekend and we got close….but no cigar. Here’s where we started on this side of the door: And progress: Here’s where we started on the other side of the door: And the progress made: Here’s the wholeContinue reading “Holiday weekend…What Holiday Weekend???”

Here’s a recap of this project: I wanted to make picnic blankets out of men’s shirts that I bought at the thrift store. I started by washing and starching the shirts and then cutting them into pieces. Then I cut them all into 2 1/2″ strips. I sewed all the strips together into one longContinue reading “Wardrobe Refresh–the Reveal”

We worked our tails off this past weekend. My husband watched more YouTube videos and found a better mix for the mortar that is “stickier” for adhering the stone veneer to the wall. He also got a different cutter which is much faster and way more accurate. So, we actually made quite a bit ofContinue reading “Progress on the stone veneer”

I posted photos on 3/31/23 of the “haircuts” that I gave my forsythia bushes. They have recovered amazingly well. They did exactly what I hoped that they would do and put out a bunch of new branches. It’s hard to believe that we planted these only a couple years ago. They are working extremely wellContinue reading “Forsythia Recovery”