A cool summer supper ~ Waldorf Chicken Salad
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
Take a stroll with me as I admire new July blooms in my garden
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.
DIY Project : Use Repurposed Materials to Create a Bird Bath
Do you need a bird bath but find the price tags at the garden centers don’t fit your wallet? Use what you have at home to create a unique and functional watering station for your feathered friends! Rummaging around in my garden shed, I came up with an old metal step stool, a clay plant
Field Trip: Winterthur’s Faerie Garden at Enchanted Woods
Fairy gardens are all the rage these days, and one of the most wonderful of all, The Enchanted Woods of Winterthur, is near my home in Wilmington, Delaware. See the complete album of pictures from today’s trip on Inspiring Gardens. As you enter the gates, a warning is given to never enter the Forbidden Faerie Ring or
Field Trip: Longwood Gardens in the rain!
Here in the Brandywine Valley we have been praying for rain, and last Saturday it finally came after a two-week hiatus. Of course, the day the clouds opened up was the same day my daughter, Meg, and I had chosen to visit Longwood Gardens. (See complete garden tour picture collection in Inspiring Gardens.) Now, most
Featured Artist : Bonnie Johnson, Fabric Artist
Imagine transforming yarn into a watering can, a basket holding flowers or a gardener mouse – fiber artist, Bonnie Johnson can! Her knit and crochet work is so detailed that both children and adults delight in it. Each creation is made with custom accents that Bonnie just dreams up as her fingers fly along. Although
Field Trip : Groff’s Plant Farm
Okay, you know I’m a teacher, so there has to be a field trip every now and then! One of my personal favorites is the forty-five minute drive into Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Groff’s Plant Farm. What you need to know is that getting to Groff’s is half the fun since you are driving through
Everything, including the kitchen sink!
About three weeks ago, some friends asked if I would stop by and give them some planting ideas. While looking over their newly cleared hill, they mentioned the 1916 kitchen sink taken out of their Victorian house and how it was taking up too much room in the garden shed. Well, thirty dollars later (and
The “Camp Rosen” firepit DIY project
When we moved into our Fairfield home, we fenced in part of the backyard for our Labs and worried about all the other areas of the property and house that needed attention first. So that part of the backyard has pretty much been overlooked for the past four years other than spreading mulch to keep
July 4th party ideas & Oma’s potato salad recipe
Just wanted to show you some fun ideas and recipes I just used to make our Fourth of July party extra special! Because Independence Day is associated with red, white and blue, I built the table decorations around those colors. A new blue and white striped twin flat sheet made a terrific picnic tablecloth that
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