Category: garden
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In a Vase on Monday | 11th September 2023
A small vase update this week, but an update nonetheless. I’m particularly happy with the first arrangement because I’m getting the hang of balancing flowers so that the heights are a bit more layered! More oranges and reds appearing, as if I needed a reminder that it’s autumn. Two white-tipped ‘Holland Festival’ dahlias, the first…
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Six on Saturday | 9th September 2023
I originally meant to share pictures from the flower garden, but those will have to wait because this theme presented itself and I can’t pass up a good theme! It’s autumn berry season, so here’s some that are popping up around our garden! 1. Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) grow in the forest surrounding our house. Some…
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In a Vase on Monday | 4th September 2023
A little shoutout before I begin — the lovely Rosie Amber featured my garden in her “Enchanting Gardens” series yesterday! It was really fun to babble for a bit about what we’re doing out here and it’s even more fun to dig into the rest of the posts and hear about everyone else. So if…
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Six on Saturday | 2nd September 2023
Yikes, September! The days are definitely shortening and cooling down, but that doesn’t seem to bother the plants yet. This past week was very damp, which was great for the garden but meant that I wasn’t out there cleaning up as much as usual. This coming week is supposed to be mild and sunny, so…
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In a Vase on Monday | 28th August 2023
Bright late summer colors are everywhere! Dinner plate dahlia Holland Festival, a couple of particularly charming striped bedding dahlias, godetias and ‘Happy Lights’ figleaf hollyhocks in the back. The buds on the hollyhocks are closed right now, but one is a matching pink to the godetias and the other is a very dark purple. Rudbeckia…
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Six on Saturday | 26th August 2023
First week back at work, so I’ve not been able to get out into the garden as much as I would like. As a result, I’ve prioritized harvesting ahead of weeding and am just going to have to let whatever is in pots languish a little longer until I can get them into the ground…
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In a Vase on Monday | 21st August 2023
Above is a picture of the basket that I take with me into the garden every morning. Around this time of year, in addition to the secateurs, snips, and gloves, I also pop in 2 plastic tumblers of water so I can gather flowers along the way. I never know what might be blooming and…
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Six on Saturday | 19th August 2023
Just when I thought that I’d missed Finnish summer due to our July trip, it’s reappeared after last week’s storms. It’s been mild and sunny this week, which has been great for catching up on weeding, harvesting, and all the other stuff that I’ve fallen behind on. I’ve even started sowing for an autumn/winter garden,…
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In a Vase on Monday | 14th August 2023
Lilies started blooming in the cutting garden this weekend! Pictured above are a combo of tree lilies (the big dark pink one and the big light pink buds that are just opening) and Asiatic lilies. All my lilies came in variety mixes, so unfortunately, I do not have names for any of them. For the…
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Six on Saturday | 12th August 2023
It’s been a wet and windy week, but I slept through most of it so that worked out well. The predicted big storm did indeed knock over some of my taller flowers, but everything else remained unscathed. Considering we are surrounded by an entire forest of very tall, violently swaying trees, I’m not one to…
Little Blue and White House 