A few late season blossoms:
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Almost Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Gardening, Home, Kentucky, Nature, Photography, tagged Cosmos, Flowers, Gardening, Zinnia on October 29, 2014| 1 Comment »
Almost Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Gardening, Photography, Wordless Wednesday, tagged Daylily, Gardening, Photography, Wordless Wednesday on July 16, 2014|
Almost Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Gardening, Home, Photography, tagged Cosmos, Gardening, Photography, Zinnia on June 18, 2014| 1 Comment »
Almost Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Gardening, Home, Photography, tagged butterfly, Gardening, Nature, Photography on June 11, 2014|
This little beauty paid a visit to my garden last weekend and was friendly enough to let me get up close and personal.
Almost Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Gardening, Home, tagged Gardening, Raised Bed Gardening, Raised Beds on May 28, 2014| 3 Comments »
Thoughtful Thursday-How To Edition
Posted in Fun, Gardening, Home, tagged Clay pots, Flowers, Gardening, Home, Petunia, Pretty Much Picasso, Supertunia, Topsy Turvy Pots on May 15, 2014| 2 Comments »
While I was browsing Pinterest one winter evening, I found this gardening pin and knew it was something we had to try. The topsy-turvy pots are just so whimsical and cute and…well, you get the picture. C really loves to build things and put things together so I showed him the inspiration and we got to work.
It turned out to be pretty simple and just required a five foot metal rod purchased from Lowe’s, 5 clay pots, gravel, potting soil and flowers. I am not sure what size rod we bought, but it was small enough to fit through the flower pots’ drainage holes but big enough to be sturdy. C drove pushed the rod into the ground as far as he could and still have enough to hold all of the pots.
Then thread the largest of your pots onto the rod. Line the bottom with gravel , tilt the pot to one side, and fill with potting soil Next year, we will probably get a bigger pot for the bottom so it will offer more support.
Continue to do the same with the rest of your clay pots. When you get to the top one, push the road down into the dirt so it doesn’t show after the pots are planted.
I used Pretty Much Picasso Supertunia petunias in mine and I love the contrasting colors of the blooms.
This turned out so great and C already has engineering ideas on how to make it even better next year. Happy gardening!
Almost Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Gardening, Home, Photography, tagged Flowers, Gardening, herbs, strawberries, Wordless Wednesday on May 7, 2014| 2 Comments »
Almost Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Gardening, Home, Photography, tagged Gardening, Photography, Seedlings, Starting Seeds, Wordless Wednesday on March 26, 2014| 2 Comments »
Almost Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Gardening, Home, tagged Gardening, Home, Wordless Wednesday on February 5, 2014| 1 Comment »
How’s that old song go? Wishin’ and hopin’ and plannin’ and dreamin’? That’s what I have been doing with these.
These companies sure are smart. These beautiful catalogs come out during the cold, dreary winter and just looking at them makes me want to buy one of everything. Even the plants that won’t ever grow here. Oh, well…I can’t wait until gardening season!
Thoughtful Thursday
Posted in Fun, Gardening, My Thoughts, Photography, Travel, tagged Gardening, Kentucky, Louisville, Travel, Yew Dell Botanical Gardens on August 22, 2013| 2 Comments »
A few weeks ago, C & I had the opportunity to visit the Yew Dell Botanical Garden in Crestwood, Kentucky and had a wonderful time. They have a neat history and I invite you to visit their site for the history and a list of the many events they hold there. I won’t take up much room on my post for that because I have many photos to share with you, and, yes, that is a warning!! Caution: extreme amount of photos ahead!
Crestwood is a suburb community of Louisville, KY and the trip from downtown to the garden takes about 30 minutes depending on the amount of traffic. We turned in and spotted their unique entry gate and sign:
We parked and began looking for the entrance so we could purchase tickets and it is located in this barn. Looks are deceiving in this instance because there is a nice air-conditioned gift shop in there.
There was a sculpture exhibition going on at the garden and most of the artwork was for sale, but it was a little pricey for our checkbook.
Yeah, you are reading that correctly. We made sure not to break anything! Here comes the photo deluge. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…
Doesn’t everyone have a castle in their backyard? I loved this!
Beautiful views from the lookout above:
This space was an edible garden.
The tree lined allees were gorgeous.
You eyes aren’t deceiving you. That IS a giant ball made of tires.
We really enjoyed our trip to Yew Dell and highly recommend it for any garden lovers out there.
Picture Perfect Cooking 