The daffodils have really been putting on a show the last few weeks. I’ve been trying to capture their unique looks in pictures and in bouquets. If you’d like to indulge in some lemony, golden, and peach displays of delightful daffodils look no further!
Last week was my kids’ spring break. We were lucky enough to get seats on a standby flight out to San Diego. We had a great time in sunny San Diego and enjoyed a few lovely flower-filled hikes while we were there. Here are some pics of flowers far (San Diego) and near (home in Kalamazoo).
Happy March! The month is starting off on a warm note, which is making the garden wake up earlier than normal. It’s nice to see a little color return!
It’s gray and cold here today. I was looking at flower pictures from the spring and summer recently and almost had more of an appreciation of them looking back at them now. If you’re like me, perhaps you’ll enjoy spending a minute with these ten flower pictures šĀ
Besides using fallen leaves as mulch in my garden beds, another gardening change I’ve made is to leave most of my plant stalks up through the winter so that birds can eat the seed heads.
The garden has been chugging along, while also taking on the golden hue of approaching autumn. Here’s some of what’s been going on in the garden recently. Continue reading “Lately in the Garden”
The other day we made six bouquets- some for our subscription customers and a few to give to friends. Whenever we make several bouquets at the same time, we always follow a flower recipe, which depends on what is in bloom. Here’s what was in ours yesterday.
The greenhouse I’ve been shopping at the last few years, River Street Flowerland, has this tricky way of convincing me to buy more plants later in the season. When anyone buys plants there in the spring, they get a flower buck for every $10 spent, which can only be used later in the summer.
I had some flower bucks burning a hole in my wallet and used them to buy several native plants for the garden. (Of course their marketing worked because I ended up buying more than I had in flower bucks). Here are the 8 native plants I recently bought and why I love them.
Continue reading “8 Plants I Just Added More of to My Garden”
I’ve seen a few listings recently for garden tours in my area. People share what’s growing in theĀ gardens they take care of in parks/ schools or their home gardens. While I’ve wanted to attend, it just hasn’t worked out for me to go. Maybe you’re in the same boat but have time for a garden tour from the comfort of wherever you’re reading this? If so, let me put some of the multitude of flower pictures I snap to use and share some of what’s been flowering recently in my neck of the woods.Ā
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