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
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
Pasta Primavera ~ Elegant but simple dinner to please all ages
What can you make ahead that is cool and light, elegant enough for a couple of “foodies”, yet a two and a half year old will eat it? Pasta Primavera Salad, cubed watermelon and cupcakes! Our nephew, his wife and little boy were coming for dinner and I knew I would be spending most of
Create your own succulent garden birdbath
There was an old, leaky concrete birdbath left on the property by our home’s former owners and, today, I decided to make it into something beautiful! Lately, I have seen many ideas in gardening magazines and on Pinterest showing an an old birdbath converted into a succulent garden. I already had the birdbath, so I
The Good Neighbor Garden
Sometimes an area that looks like a disaster is really a gem waiting to be polished! This is what I call “The Good Neighbor Garden,” a side garden adjoining our neighbors on one side of our half acre lot. When we first moved into our home four years ago, this area was the least of my worries. I
Hidden birdhouses in the garden
Tucking birdhouses in all around the garden will create your own wild aviary! Many of the birdhouses in our garden were picked up inexpensively (look for sales at the end of the summer season) or found at garage and yard sales. My husband, Len , and I love to grab a bagel and coffee and
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