Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Today's the day! 2008 SUMMER GARDEN TOUR



Here are a few pictures from my country garden taken a couple of years ago. Be sure to visit Notes from a Cottage Industry to visit other bloggers participating in the summer tour today. The first picture is a coffee table I made in one of the sitting areas in our yard. It is an old chicken crate topped with a vintage tea kettle full of sweet petunias.





Azaleas, prairie sage and my angel birdfeeder.




Pots of herbs set on an old cast iron woodburning stove.











My angel garden full of pink primroses. The concrete angel was gift from my husband's family when my father passed away. The birdbath is an MIJ umbrella stand with the bowl from an old pitcher and bowl set placed on top. While the idea was good, we soon realized that we could only fill the bowl half full or the water was over the little birdies' heads.




This is part of the stone path we put in the "secret garden" behind our house. In the center is another garden angel among iris and chrysanthemums.




I started this Carolina jasmine from a little sprig and within a year it had covered the fence with its fragrant blossoms and pretty green vine. The flowers are actually bright yellow.





An old red wagon filled with pots of grape petunias and other blooming flowers.






I created this outdoor "picture" with an old window screen, some silk flowers and attached a row of hooks.


Here is my "flower bed". This was fun.....I painted an old cast iron bed and then filled it with iris and wild phlox.




Last of all, a trio of old metal lawn chairs.....perfect for sitting in the evening shade and sipping sweet tea or lemonade.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Plant Your Own Garden


This is fun! Just open the link below and then click anywhere and everywhere on the page.......or hold down your mouse button and drag it across the page. Even those without a green thumb can grow this garden! Plant your own garden!

Friday, February 22, 2008

Spring is right around the corner


Come and join me in my country garden! Spring will be here before we know it and then summer....time for a tall pitcher of lemonade under the walnut tree!


The heavenly scent of Carolina Jasmine will fill the air; and while we sit and visit our gaze may fall from time to time on the Angel Garden filled with wild phlox, pink primroses and purple iris, guarded by my little concrete angel.

Your invitation has been posted and I look forward to seeing you here in my Cozy Country Garden!

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Our pretty hibiscus plant


Our hibiscus buds began opening last week and the burgundy colored blooms are the size of a dinner plate....the combination of rain and heat this summer must be just what it needed!

Hibiscus Trivia.....did you know?

***The hibiscus is a good source of Vitamin C.
***The hibiscus is commonly called the "mallow" and was one of the ingredients in the original marshmallow that we use to make 'smores.
***In Jamaica, a red hibiscus flower behind the left ear denotes the desire to find a lover, behind the right means she has already found one.
***The hibiscus is a relative of the okra plant.
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