Category Archives: Country Gardening

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A Week of Flowers 2024 – Day 4

Cathy at Words and Herbs is once again hosting her annual Week of Flowers, where bloggers reflect back to warmer, sunnier days in our gardens and the delights we grew therein. Click the link to see what others are sharing … Continue reading

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IAVOM & A Week of Flowers 2024 – Day 3

Cathy at Words and Herbs is once again hosting her annual Week of Flowers, where bloggers reflect back to warmer, sunnier days in our gardens and the delights we grew therein. Click the link to see what others are sharing … Continue reading

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A Week of Flowers 2024 – Day 2

Cathy at Words and Herbs is once again hosting her annual Week of Flowers, where bloggers reflect back to warmer, sunnier days in our gardens and the delights we grew therein. Click the link to see what others are sharing … Continue reading

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A Week of Flowers 2024 – Day 1

Cathy at Words and Herbs is once again hosting her annual Week of Flowers, where bloggers reflect back to warmer, sunnier days in our gardens and the delights we grew therein. Click the link to see what others are sharing … Continue reading

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IAVOM – Cathy’s Eleventh Anniversary

Today we are celebrating the eleventh anniversary of In A Vase On Monday. Cathy has suggested using ‘eleven’ as a guideline, leaving us to create something that fits the theme. My prop, above, features eleven acorns, something in abundance in … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday – Autumn Acer palmatum

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IAVOM – Last Call Finale

Having gleaned my garden of all viable blooms two weeks ago ahead of expected frosts, today I share my last arrangements I made at that time. The last of all those flowers I picked went to the compost pile today … Continue reading

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IAVOM – Last Call #2

Having gleaned my garden of all viable blooms last week ahead of expected frosts, I made several arrangements and will post one or two a week in order to join the IAVOM meme for a couple more posts. The expected … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – Woodland Window

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IAVOM – Last Call

I’ve gleaned my garden of nearly all viable blooms as frost is likely this week. I’ve made several arrangements and will show one a week so I can continue to join the IAVOM meme for a couple more weeks. Hopefully, … Continue reading

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