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Category Archives: Projects
Weekly Photo Challenge: New
Patience is a virtue, we gardeners remind ourselves. Nothing tests that quality like the installation of a new garden: Taking on a one-hundred year old house means learning to love renovations. Or at least accept them. The challenge is not … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Garden, Projects
Tagged brick, Garden, hardscape, masonry, parterre, porch, Rosedon, roses, tuteurs, Virginia, weekly challenge
127 Comments
Holiday Wreath Challenge
The minimalist in me might have been perfectly satisfied with this: But she was beaten into submission by the other part of me – you know, the one who raises her hand to participate in a wreath-making challenge. The Charming Woodland … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Garden, Projects
Tagged christmas, crafting, della robbia, grand illumination, holiday wreath challenge, magnolia, nandina, Richmond, Virginia, williamsburg, wreath
107 Comments
I’ve Got Mail
I am hopelessly sentimental about a handful of things, letters being very high on that short list. It’s easy to be ruthless with an email and consign it forever to the dreaded Trash folder. But a letter? That’s another thing entirely. If … Continue reading
Potting Shed Finale: The Budget Version
We have a difference of opinion, husband and I. I say when we redeem our credit card points on a snazzy, bright orange Home Depot gift card, the plants subsequently hauled home are “free.” He disagrees, bringing up the logical, but … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Projects
Tagged concrete menagerie, Garden, garden ornaments, hyacinth bean vine, pergola, potting shed, Projects, weather vane, west highland white terrier, westies
93 Comments
The 4-H Urn Project
Because so many of you (okay, two, but who’s counting?) have been clamoring for more detail about the Garden Club Luncheon the other weekend, I thought I’d show you what I came up with for the front porch urns in preparation for … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Projects
Tagged concrete menagerie, hedgehog, hellebore, heuchera, hosta, urns
24 Comments
The “Blankety-Blank” Potting Shed Project Part III
One teeny-tiny little trip to the ER and suddenly the bloom is off the rose for Beloved Husband on the potting shed project! It’s been some time since my last update on the Potting Shed Project, so I thought I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Projects
Tagged brick, cobblestone, Garden, hardscape, landscape plan, landscaping, potting shed, Projects, walkways
25 Comments
