Posts Tagged ‘gardening’
coneflower in sunlight
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged coneflowers, echinacea, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, Photography, pink on August 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »
on a sunday walk
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, landscape architecture, Photography, urban landscape on July 9, 2018| 1 Comment »
in the landlord’s garden
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged flowers, gardening, Inspiration, irises, lavender, Photography, purple on June 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
reaching for the sun
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, cultivation, gardening, houseplants, indoor gardening, Inspiration, musings, Photography, serenity on January 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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cuban oregano
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flat leaf parsley
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geranium
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nasturtium
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african violet
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sprouts planted and empty vessels waiting for seeds
in a winter garden
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, garden design, gardening, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography, plants on November 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I’m in the mood to plan a winter garden. I think in the coming week that is one of the things I shall endeavor to do in one of my blank notebooks. Design a garden. Now planning such a garden, and even implementing it, will in no way save the world or “fight the powers that be” but it will center me and that’s important for when I am ready to deal with the insanities of this world through words or images, my pocketbook or my vote.
I did garden this past spring and summer. It was a hodge podge, not a great failure, but not quite the success of previous years. Even so I did find joy in cooking with the fresh herbs and even in watching their beautiful decay when I would forget to water them. Ahem.
Growing lavender indoors was a spur of the moment experiment. Not wholly successful but still growing and smelling delightful. That’s the plant I unfortunately watered too much. But I’m learning.
Part of the winter garden will include the geraniums given as a gift by a young friend not knowing that I mostly grow herbs inside. The red petals, when fresh and now dried, brighten several rooms and I hope they will do so this winter. We’ll see …
a magic harvest
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, tagged abstract, beauty, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, morning glories, nature, Photography, seeds on October 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I went outside to dump the trash and thought I’d take a look at the morning glories growing on the wall nearby. Most of the flowers gone of course but then I noticed the little seed heads and somehow they found themselves in my house sitting in the sun. I’m going to add them to my box of seeds for this year’s winter garden.
from my cousin’s garden
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beauty, family, food photography, gardening, gifts, Inspiration, Photography, red, tomatoes on August 27, 2017| 1 Comment »
From her lovely garden in Brooklyn. These that weren’t eaten on the road back to Boston were sliced up with some cucumbers and celery and tossed with oil and vinegar. Good stuff! 🙂
