DIY Project : Succulent Planter Pot

By Barb
DIY home and garden craft projects, Things that inspire me in the garden
On August 7, 2012
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Recently, Len and I got up at the crack of dawn on a Saturday to hit the yard sales. Much to my delight, at the first home I stumbled across a pottery strawberry pot for only fifty cents! Well, long story short, I had a nice chat with the genial homeowner and toted my prize

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DIY Project : Plant pokes from vintage salt & pepper shakers

By Barb
DIY home and garden craft projects, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the garden
On August 5, 2012
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You know those vintage salt and pepper shakers that your great auntie gave you? That’s right, the ones you can’t part with but cringe every time you see them in the china cupboard? Dust them off and repurpose those shakers as whimsical plant “pokes” that you can enjoy! All you need for this project is

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Wow! 3,000 site visits … thank you for the warm welcome

By Barb
Things that inspire me in the garden
On August 4, 2012
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Thank you! Thank you! The warm welcome received by Our Fairfield Home & Garden’s new website and blog has just been overwhelming! Our website is just three weeks old today, but thanks to you lovely followers on Pinterest, HomeTalk and Facebook, we reached our goal of 3,000 site visits in three weeks! Celebration Time! It seems like

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See what is blooming today in my garden…

By Barb
Things that inspire me in the garden
On August 3, 2012
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I was strolling through my garden this morning, cutting a few things back here and dead-heading there. It is amazing how quickly the summer has gone by. August is here already and the heat and humidity have started to take their toll on our plantings. Not to mention we have had very little rain recently!

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Glut of Tomatoes? Make Gazpacho with Rosemary & Leek Focaccia!

By Barb
Bringing the garden inside, Home Cooking
On August 2, 2012
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Have you noticed how you wait and wait for the tomatoes to ripen and, then suddenly, you have buckets of them all at once? What do you do with a glut of tomatoes? Make Gazpacho! Gazpacho is a cold vegetable soup that originated in the Spanish culture. I am particularly fond of the Gazpacho recipe

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DIY Project : Make Your Own Birdbath !

By Barb
DIY home and garden craft projects, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the garden
On July 30, 2012
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Recently, I wrote a post on using odds and ends around the house and shed to assemble a five-minute bird bath. It was quite a hit with the shabby-chic crowd, but some folks want a newer, neater look. So here it is! This project took a total of three hours to complete, but about half

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Featured Artist : HollyBeth Anderson, Artisan Herbalist

By Barb
Bringing the garden inside, Celebrate the creativity of featured artists
On July 30, 2012
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You know that wonderful scent of lavender that is given off as you gently brush by a shrub? Somehow HollyBeth Anderson has captured that exact aroma in her all-natural hand cream. I couldn’t stop holding my hands up and inhaling the sense of nature at my fingertips! This wonderful cream is only one of her

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Field Trip : The Unusual and Romantic Gardens of Chanticleer

One of the most unusual and romantic public gardens I have seen, Chanticleer, was the destination of our recent field trip. This former estate in a residential area of Wayne, Pennsylvania, features seven distinct gardens, each designed, planted and kept up by an individual horticulturist/gardener. Because of this diversity, visiting Chanticleer provides the impression of

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A cool summer supper ~ Waldorf Chicken Salad

By Barb
Bringing the garden inside, Home Cooking
On July 24, 2012
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I don’t know about you, but the ninety-degree days around here do not inspire me to rev up the oven! This is a simple, quick make ahead supper that we ate on hot nights when I was growing up in an unairconditioned home. You can make this up in the morning when it is cooler

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Take a stroll with me as I admire new July blooms in my garden

By Barb
Things that inspire me in the garden
On July 23, 2012
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Come take a relaxing stroll with me and admire the new July blooms in our Fairfield garden. If you would like to see more of my garden journal of photos, please visit Seasonal Blooms: Summer.