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College friends of mine and their husbands are coming for the weekend. I got an early start on the preparations by setting the table. I used the Williams and Sonoma tablecloth that I found at the consignment store earlier this year which set the color scheme. I pulled out my striped candle holders that goContinue reading “Friends Are Coming for the Weekend!”

We are nearly finished with the giant block wall that we’re covering with stone veneer. And we’ve learned a few things that I’m going to share here. First, there are not many YouTube videos for doing what we did. Secondly, we probably started with the hardest project of this type because of how large theContinue reading “The Ancient Basement–the Stone Veneer Wall (of pain)”

I LOVE sweet potatoes. They are delicious, but also a really pretty and prolific plant that eventually puts out little purple flowers, kind of like a morning glory. I have even used the greenery in flower arrangements. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a good spot to grow them because they basically take over everything because theyContinue reading “Sweet Potato Jungle”

We were invited to a party with bands where everyone brings food to share. Last year the line for food was crazy and serving utensils were at a premium, so for this year, I decided to make Chorizo, poblano, and white cheddar kolaches. I made a triple batch of the dough in this recipe: ForContinue reading “Kolaches for a Crowd”

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”