Category: Bringing the garden inside

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Free Houseplants ~ Starting Begonias from a Leaf

Free Houseplants

Does your friend have a beautiful Begonia that you would love to have, too? Ask her/him for a leaf with stem and start your own plant for free!     Just plunk that leaf’s stem into a jar with water and refresh the water once a week. Put the container in a window with lots

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Lamps with a Gardener’s Touch

Flower Pot Lamp Shade

I’ve had a couple yard sale lamps on the potting bench in our garden room for sometime now. My intent was to find some wonderful shades to replace the stained and torn existing ones. But, do you know how much lamp shades cost? Especially the cute gardening themed ones, that I thought I wanted, were

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Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Himalayan Blue Poppies ~ A Gardener’s Dream!

Himalayan Blue Poppies

The good news is that the wonderful Himalayan Blue Poppies ( Meconopsis “Lingholm”) are blooming at Longwood Gardens! The bad news is that most of us will never be able to grow them in our gardens unless a hybridizing miracle takes place. These true blue poppies are featured each March in Longwood Gardens’ conservatory and are quite

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Field Trip ~ Philadelphia Flower Show

2017 Philadelphia Flower Show

Set ahead to the second week in March to avoid bad weather, ironically, the Philadelphia Flower Show opened on a snowy day and experienced Storm Stella midweek during its run. Despite the weather, it was worth the effort to attend this year’s “Holland ~ Flowering the World” themed flower show sponsored by the Philadelphia Horticulture

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

March Ice Storm ~ Stella Smudge Pots

March Ice Storm ~ Stella Smudge Pots

Here on the East Coast, our recent March storm, Stella, worked her magic. Bringing sleet, freezing rain, snow and then ice, she turned our yard into a set from the movie “Frozen.” Iced and crystalized, many branches could not bear this additional weight and bowed, some to the point of breaking. In the bitter wind,

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Loving Touches ~ Create an elegant wedding for less!

Wedding Cake Topper

Want an elegant wedding but you are trying to keep the costs down and work within a budget? Well, I’ve been there! My son and his sweetheart really wanted something more than backyard nuptials and a barbeque for their summer wedding. Our sweet daughter-in-law-to-be also happens to be an interior designer and her whole firm

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Glam Up Your Wedding Glassware ~ Wedding Flowers for Less

Wedding Flowers in DIY Faux Mercury Glass Vases

What do you do when the bride would like an elegant wedding and you are trying to work within a tight budget? You roll up your sleeves and do-it-yourself, that’s what! Our bride fell in love with the look of mercury glass vases but, at $20 to $80 apiece, that just wasn’t affordable. Read on

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

Repurposing ~ Handy Household Bottles for Kitchen and Laundry Use

Handy Household Bottles

Don’t toss those wine bottles in the recycling bin, make them into handy household bottles to use in the kitchen or laundry! This is a fun and easy project for all ages. These pretty repurposed bottles are great containers for dish soap, laundry soap, cooking oils, etc. Not only do they look much prettier than

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

A Longwood Christmas Evening Stroll

A Longwood Christmas

Today I am leading you on an evening stroll through the beautiful grounds and conservatory of Longwood Gardens at Christmas time. While it is breathtaking during the day, the lights and reflections transport you to a magical place at nightfall. So, pour a cup of tea and get comfy, I’ll do the walking! We will start

Here you will find the recipes that show off the fruits of your labor in the garden. I also will share with you inexpensive craft projects for the home that bring the garden inside. Fairy plant pokes made from monkey balls and acorns and more!

DIY ~ Tucking the garden in for the winter at Our Fairfield Home & Garden

In our Delaware, zone 7a Fall Garden, the  colors are more muted now, a quiet transition from the wild color party of spring and summer into winter dormancy. The first leaves are changing color and we are having that wonderful “Indian Summer” warm spell before hard frosts set in. It’s time to clean up the

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