Category Archives: Country Gardening

Advice, commentary and exploration

IAVOM – Autumnal

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Eliza Waters

The foliage around the yard is starting to turn autumnal yellow, red and orange. My arrangement this week reflects those hues. Orange dahlias, nubby celosia and runner bean blossoms, burgundy-streaked rudbeckias, salmon zinnias, with purple asters, verbena and cleome offering … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Morning Light

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Eliza Waters

Enjoying the last of the dahlias in the morning light. While there are a few more buds that will reach flowering, cooler nights are slowing things down and frost will eventually end the show before the month is out. Thanks … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Sunny

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Eliza Waters

Time to showcase my sunflower pocket vase with a mini-sunflower (Helianthus annuus) grown from seeds saved from a previous summer. Those plants were short and while these plants are also short, the crosses have been interesting! Additionally, there is goldenrod … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday – September Natives

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Eliza Waters
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Wordless Wednesday – Dahlias

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Eliza Waters
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IAVOM – In the Kitchen

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Eliza Waters

I’m sharing more Littles this week. I always have a few little vases on the windowsill in the kitchen to cheer me as I go about my day. Sometimes intentionally collected, other times they are stems too short to go … Continue reading →

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IAVOM – Gleanings

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Eliza Waters

As opposed to last week’s Littles, I’m sharing one large vase this week, created from the gleanings of a massive deadheading job (three cartloads!) that I did in my big garden. Deadheading is the major chore at this point in … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday – Morning Harvest

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Eliza Waters
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IAVOM – Three Littles

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Eliza Waters

I’m sharing three little vases this week. Nearly every day as I wander around the garden, I pick a bit of this or that to bring inside to enjoy. Not much makes me happier! Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday – Raindrops

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Eliza Waters
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