Growing With Plants

 I sew love Sewlovetheday’s felt Mason Jar Labels.  As many of you are canning and making jams and jelly’s as I have been, how about a…

SEPTEMBER IS PICKLE SEASON, AS BACK-YARD GARDEN’S ACROSS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OVER-DELIVER AND RALLY – OH, WHAT TO DO WITH IT ALL. Pickling connects…

Nothing comes between me and my well-worn Carhartt Dungaree’s. Well, maybe TMI, but this superb felt container with Thai Basil sure makes a better…

THE URN THAT I PLANTED WITH SCRAP SUCCULENT CUTTINGS COLLECTED FROM PLANTS THAT WERE TOSS-AWAY’s  AROUND THE GREENHOUSE, HAS FILLED IN NICELY – NOW…

TIGIRIDA PAVONIA, A MEXICAN TENDER BULB OPENS IT’S WIDE GRAPHIC PETALS ONLY BRIEFLY, DURING THE SUNNIEST PART OF THE DAY. This plant seems like…

MY JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES, OR ASAGAO, ARE RAISED FROM SEED WHICH I BROUGHT BACK FROM A TRIP TO JAPAN A FEW YEARS AGO. This…

LYDIA, AT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY NATIONAL TERRIER SHOW LAST OCTOBER – TODAY – SHE BECAME PREGNANT. It’s not my thing, it’s Joe’s, but over…

NERINE MASONORUM, A TINY, EVERGREEN NERINE WITH SLENDER, GRASS-LIKE FOLIAGE, AND THUMBNAIL SIZED FLOWER HEADS THAT BLOOM PROFFUSELY IN THE LATE SUMMER IN POTS…

A WILD BLEND OF EVERY SPRING COLOR AVAILABLE SEEMED TO WORK FOR ME, AS THESE DISPLAYS PROVED AT THE SMITH COLLEGE SPRING BULB SHOW…

‘KOREAN LARGE’ ASIAN PEARS, READY TO PICK. NOW, IF ONLY I HAD THE LITTLE STYROFOAM NETTING IT’S AMAZING HOW FAST TURKEYS GROW. THESE HEIRLOOM…