
Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Saturday, April 21, 2018
CELEBRATIONS: Cinco de Mayo Succulent Cans

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Monday, June 16, 2014
HOMEWORK - READING: Martha Stewart Living

Hello friends! I’m always excited to share beautiful inspiration from Martha Steward Living. The June issue is brimming with beautiful summer ideas, décor and creativity.
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Monday, March 17, 2014
FRESH LOOK: White & Gold Painted Pot

Thursday, June 6, 2013
The Dirt: Oz the Great and Powerful Fairy Garden

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teapot
Monday, May 13, 2013
The Dirt: spring japanese vegetable garden

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Monday, April 15, 2013
The Dirt: a simple avocado seed gift

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Monday, April 30, 2012
Celebrations: mother’s day centerpiece

I wanted to make a topiary birdcage like the one above but ended up creating a simpler project that I can use as a centerpiece for Mother’s Day.



Thanks for visiting.
Carolyn
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
The Dirt: dollar store steamer to flower basket
Here’s a fun and budget friendly idea for a Mother’s Day gift {or any occasion gift}.

I found this wire steamer basket at the dollar store. You could do so many things with this basket. Hang several for kitchen storage, use them for ribbons or scraps of fabric, or actually use it to steam vegetables.
I decided to use mine as a planter for a Mother’s Day gift.
I lined the basket with moss and gave it a good soaking.
The steamer basket handles double as legs. Or, you could hang the basket using the handles.
Once filled with potting soil, I planted Forget Me Not seeds.
Forget Me Not flowers are so pretty and delicate. I love the gorgeous blue color and the cheery yellow center. Here’s how legend says the flower got it’s name.

I can’t wait for my basket to start growing and I’m envisioning an abundance of pretty blue flowers like the ones above. Fingers crossed!

In the meantime, this dragonfly plant stick will stand guard over my seeds.
Thanks for visiting.
Carolyn
I link at the wonderful parties listed here and
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Dirt: gardening for dessert
This post brought to you by Whitney Farms. All opinions are 100% mine.
If you follow my blog, you may have noticed a lot of posts about my garden lately. My new tomatoes {above}, herbs and strawberries are doing nicely and I’ve weeded and prepped my flower beds for spring. Now it’s time to take care of the plants until the harvest is ready in the summer.
One of my existing and neglected plants is a dwarf lemon tree. It’s been in a pot for years and I think in all that time it’s yielded one sad lemon. I recently moved the pot to a better location and was so surprised to see tons of lemon buds on the tree. Check it out - look at all those buds.
I would be thrilled if my tree actually produced lemons this year. I’m going to really take care of it {uh, watering it regularly might help} and give it proper plant food. Hooray for Whitney Farms®. They sent me two bags of their Plant Food and Tomato and Vegetable Food. It’s 100% natural organic plant food containing only ingredients from the Earth. I like that it’s natural with low to no dust and no manure odor.
I added the recommended amount of the plant food to my potted tree, mixed the food into the soil and watered it.
It’s nice to know that my produce will be naturally grown in organic soil. Especially since I want to make some of my favorite desserts - like these lemon bars.





I added the recommended amount of the plant food to my potted tree, mixed the food into the soil and watered it.


Or, if I really get a great crop, some preserved lemons.

So hopefully, my little lemon buds will go from these
to...

these!
Thank you Whitney Farms(R).
I can't wait to make lemon bars with my home grown organic lemons.
If you want to try out Whitney Farms® click on the link for a $3.00 coupon.

Thanks for visiting.
Carolyn
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