Category Archives: My Garden

TEACHER AND MENTOR: FLOWERS AND NATURE

September 10, 2017

Teacher and Mentor: Flowers and Nature

I’ve had some really outstanding teachers in my lifetime, such as my second grade teacher who planted the seed that I was good at math. My junior high gym teacher truly helped me to believe in myself; to know that there was an athlete inside of me, and I didn’t have to be the last one picked when playing dodgeball. In high school I had a teacher who taught me the nuts and bolts of grammar, whi...

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LET NATURE TAKE OVER

September 03, 2017

Let Nature Take Over

It really wasn’t the summer I expected it to be, though that doesn’t mean it was a bad summer, just a different summer. I guess it started with the wonderful intentions of planting my cutting garden early, but it didn’t quite happen that way. As I write this, I am sad that I didn’t get it all done as I’d hoped, but often for me that is the case… I did, however, enjoy planting each curi...

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FROM A TINY SEED

August 20, 2017

From A Tiny Seed

How is it a this small black spec, a tiny seed that I’m holding in the palm of my hand, smaller than the top of a pinhead, will grow to be this flower? How is it that this particular seed is just sown on top of soil, and after 7 to 14 days of water and sunshine this black spec will start to germinate? As interesting characters from a good novel evolve, so does this flower. This tiny dot will ...

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NO WEEDING REQUIRED

July 02, 2017

Red Shirley Poppy

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...

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FLOWER QUOTE: WITH FREEDOM, BOOKS, FLOWERS

June 12, 2017

Monday's Flower Quote | Freedom books flowers

MY TWO CENTS With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy.… I find it easy to take for granted all that I have, and Oscar Wilde’s quote reminds me to be grateful and happy for those most precious things and also family and friends. I don’t know for sure, but I assume this quote was written after his time in prison as that would be a most appropriate perspective on life...

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FLOWER QUOTE: FLOWERS LEAVE

June 05, 2017

Monday's Flower Quote | Flowers Leave Some

MY TWO CENTS Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them… One interpretation of this quote is that there is no act of kindness that goes unrewarded. I read it to mean more or less the same, that by giving, it is amazing what you can receive back. I know by sharing flowers you will always be giving a smile and receiving one too. When was the last time you gave someone a s...

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PLAYING IN THE DIRT

May 28, 2017

Playing in the dirt - My Blooming Blog by Floating Petal Floral Community

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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FLOWER QUOTE: THE FLOWER DOESN’T DREAM

March 20, 2017

The Flower Doesn't Dream | Flower Quote

MY TWO CENTS The flower doesn't dream... No it doesn't, it does the hard work of blooming and growing into its full and amazing potential and receives the bee as its reward to continue on. How lovely the relationship is between the flower and the bee. For me this quote reminds me that I must do the hard work to attract the "bee", and I can only hope I have, when it comes to Floating Petals. ...

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Flower Quote: Plant Your Own

December 05, 2016

Monday's Flower Quote

MY TWO CENTS There is so much truth in her words to "plant your own garden".  We each must create our own happiness first. And though this is a metaphor, I found creating and growing my own cutting garden has brought much joy to my own life and definitely decorated my soul. ABOUT THE AUTHOR This quote is part of a poem by Veronica A. Shoffstall. Though her poem is quite popular, the author ...

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Sleeping Through The Summer

September 08, 2015

Blooming holiday gift ideas - Floating Petals floral community - Picotee Amaryllis

All summer long I’m thinking about my gardens outside: enjoying their beauty, weeding them, and thinking about what I can add to them next year. What I forget about are the winter forced bulbs that are on the shelf in our garage, where they are doing their thing: resting and rejuvenating for the upcoming fall and winter. I’m pretty sure I forget about them, as it’s not a pretty shelf: a shel...

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