Wednesday, March 1, 2017

~New Arch for the Garden~



We wanted to share with you photos of our new garden arch.
Stan designed it and made it using our Pear Trees.
The technique is called,
Pleaching
A pleached form can be as simple as two trees trained over a garden gate or walk through display.

Velcro helped keep the design together.


This spring our new arch will display our pear trees. 
We already have 
apple espaliers growing on our fence.
We love the design of showing the fruit.
The birds were very curious.
of Stan and me in the garden.

They're happy they'll have a new arch to sit on in the garden!
A new african violet for the house.
I love their delicate flowers!
With the colder weather in San Diego a fire warms the house.
A beautiful rainbow after the rains
 shows us amazing colors!


Tuesday, February 21, 2017

~Hellebores & Our Garden Shed ~

I love hellebores. 
Stan and I went to La Costa Nursery in San Diego County 
and bought some new plants for our garden!
Hellebores are easy to grow and can live for decades. 
They're deer proof and drought tolerant!
This one is called,
~HGC Love Bug~


This hellebores has longer stems.
~Penny's Pink~
Can't wait to plant them!
I made some new wreaths for the garden shed.

I'm going to add fresh flowers
 from our garden soon to the wreaths!!
Our flower seeds from 
Floret Flower Farm
are getting bigger everyday!!
 Basil plants happily growing in a tomato can!
I made parmesan heart crisps to add to a salad!
We made fried rice with peas and mushrooms for dinner.
Also
Ina Garten's recipe 
Iced Prosecco with fruit for dessert with
Ina Garten's
Ending to a wonderful day!!
We're leaving tomorrow for 
Seattle, Washington's
I'll be sharing on Instagram!

Monday, February 6, 2017

~Love Lavender~


Who doesn't love Lavender!
The scent is so relaxing and fresh,
and
 I love the color purple!
I have placed it,
here and there in the house.
I can't get enough of the smell.



Some new purple Italian appetizer plates,
I found on a shopping day in Little Italy.

A lavender wreath hanging in our entryway!
Just got these pretty lavender edible papers from 
Can't wait to make lavender sugar cookies!
I ordered 
The Lavender Cookbook
by Sharon Shipley
from Amazon. 
There's lots of delicious recipes inside. 
Lavender always makes me smile!!

Friday, January 27, 2017

~Walking Through the Garden~

Our garden this winter is so green.
We've had so much rain in San Diego.
I planted some Sweet Peas, love them!
The cabbages just love this weather!
Our alstroemerias will be blooming soon.
I can't wait!
~Forget-Me-Not Flowers~
~Miniature Gardens~

~Pansies~

Stan did a good job on this succulent arrangement!
The succulents love growing in this birdbath.
Stan definitely has a green thumb growing his Spanish Moss.
This arch is not in bloom yet.
It has a rose, snail plant and purple trumpet.
I can't wait to share it with you when it does bloom!
~Happy Gardening~

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