Yesterday, my favorite flower blooming was a white gladiolus with a red throat and tinges of rose and light pink ruffled edges. But today my “favorite flower” is not just one flower, but the entire Bird Garden, where I sit welcoming the time to write in an outdoor setting instead of my office inside. I could spend my day here, inhaling the sweet fragrance of the gardenia bush in bloom or observe …
This yellow rose is a reminder to me that God has the perfect plan and timing! At just the right time, He responds. Not too early, and never late. God is faithful in all the details of our life!
A beautiful and unusual perennial plant for your garden. Adds interest to your garden with its 24 to 36-inch flower spikes.
Espalier is training a tree or plant by pruning and tying the branches horizontally to a wire or a frame. The word espalier is French meaning “something to rest the shoulder against.” The tree is pruned to have only branches going from side to side in tiers.
A container garden is an attractive method of gardening with less work than the traditional in-ground method and gives high yield of fresh, healthy produce. Using containers makes it easier to control soil and watering needs as well as sunlight and fertilizer.
Spring is the time of the year where everything is budding and blooming at a rapid pace! I never know what I will find from one day to the next!
The dandelion is more than a pesky weed! Does it make you think about other things (or people) we have around us or in our life that we take for granted and never realize their beauty or their value?
In preparation for springtime, it is time to clean the flower beds and prepare the seedlings for planting in just a few short weeks. While on an “inspection” walk through the gardens, to my amazement many flowers and shrubs are budding and blooming early. The warm weather is waking them up from their winter nap!