Category Archives: Dirt
HERB COLLECTION AND A RUSTIC TOOL BOX?
September 01, 2019
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White Flower Farm is a favorite catalog and source for many lovely bulbs, flowers, seeds and inspirations. One idea that I was inspired by and wanted to have is an herb collection in a rustic tool box planter. I had seen it on their website, and I kept coming back to it. Finally, I asked for it as a gift and when my husband went to order it, it was ‘Sold Out.’ I waited too long, and I was bumm...
Read MorePREPARING YOUR SPRING GARDEN
May 05, 2019
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Last year in Westport, CT, I attended one of Terrain’s Coffee and Conversation Events: Preparing Your Spring Garden. I was there to get the real “dirt” on how to prepare my garden. Angela Truck, who is their Exterior Design Specialist, lead the conversation. As I have found from the other Coffee and Conversations, she has a wealth of knowledge and information. I learn something new every t...
Read MoreCLEANING OUT MY CUTTING GARDEN
May 20, 2018
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After this very long winter, I’m cleaning out my cutting garden, as it’s a complete mess this year. It has never looked so bad. It has tons of weeds and overgrown grass, though there is one plant that I will keep: my Orange Oriental Poppies. I don’t know how, but year after year they reappear in exactly the same place in a perfectly straight line. While other flowers will reseed, I never kno...
Read MoreTHE REAL DIRT ON PREPARING YOUR SPRING GARDEN
March 25, 2018
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Last weekend in Westport, CT I attended one of Terrain’s Coffee and Conversation Events: Preparing the Spring Garden. I was there to get the real “dirt” on how to prepare my garden. Angela Truck, who is their Exterior Design Specialist, lead the conversation. As I have found from the other Coffee and Conversations, she has a wealth of knowledge and information. I learn something new every ti...
Read MoreNO WEEDING REQUIRED
July 02, 2017
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I love my perennial and cutting gardens in Vermont. There is always something to be planning all year round. I get the chance to peruse the flowers and seeds at the local garden centers and catalogs, plan each garden, play in the dirt, and watch a living painting emerge in our backyard, giving me joy all spring, summer and fall. Yet another lesson flowers have to teach me: to let go and let it ha...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: IN THE SPRING TIME
May 29, 2017
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MY TWO CENTS In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt… and that is exactly how I hope to spend some of my spring and summer days in the garden. I love how gardening and getting my hands in the dirt takes me out of my everyday and brings me closer to nature. I will also say that I’m so thankful for a really good shower at the end of the day to wash all that dirt away. ...
Read MorePLAYING IN THE DIRT
May 28, 2017
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This quote perfectly captures one of the many things I love about gardening: playing in the dirt and smelling like it. In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~ Margaret Atwood As I prepare for a day of gardening, I start the day looking pretty normal (that is for me) with my hair twisted and clipped up, sunscreen on, dressed in a black top and shorts (for obvious reas...
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