Tag: flower garden
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In a Vase on Monday | 2nd October 2023
I was going to skip today because of so many repeats, but realistically, I only have a few more days to post before I’ll be forced to skip for lack of materials. So here we go! Two small bunches next to each other because I don’t have a big squat vase to fit all of…
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Six on Saturday | 30th September 2023
The great thing about doing garden work once autumn fully sets in is knowing that places you tidy up will stay relatively tidy for a while. When you’re out there pulling up all the dead plant material and come across some weeds, you can just tell them “Y’know, can we just… not?” and they’ll usually…
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In a Vase on Monday | 25th September 2023
I seem to have ended up with mostly single-species vases this week, but that’s down to there being lots of big statement stems appearing in the garden. No complaints about that! ‘Bizar Dutch’ gladiolus, which came in a completely mislabeled package but was quickly identified with a Google search. Thank you, internet. I really do…
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Six on Saturday | 23rd September 2023
It’s been a gentle September, a couple of chilly nights aside. With the mellow temperatures and increased rainfall has come an amazing mushroom foraging season. The late autumn mushrooms are appearing earlier and the late summer mushrooms are still out in droves, so that I can’t walk from the house to the garage without coming…
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Six on Saturday | 16th September 2023
Autumn activities are in full swing this week! We had a cold snap two nights ago, hitting a low of 2°C, so there was a lot of mad scrambling to get all the houseplants back inside that evening. Next week, we will officially start dipping below 10°C most evenings, so it is time to start…
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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…