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Hello friends!! There is so much goodness in the garden now and I love to spend as much time there as possible planting, weeding, harvesting... especially cutting flowers to bring inside. These black-eyed susans and queen anne's lace are from our meadow, in a wicker pitcher I happened to find at the thrift store...  The glads and sunflowers bloom at the same time in the cutting garden, so this combination has become an annual tradition...  A daylily variety I added this summer and that I hope will multiply and completely fill in under this tree...  It was an unusually cool month of July for us, with one morning down to 48 degrees. Plenty of rain has everything lush and green as if it were spring...  The garden harvest has included strawberries, tomatoes, basil, dill, cucumbers, green beans, zucchini, summer squash, lettuce, radishes, peppers and carrots. Last week I made a batch of refrigerator pickles, and I have frozen up bags of strawberries, shredded zucchini, green beans, and carrots for the cold winter months...   The limelight hydrangeas are beginning to bloom and soon those bouquets will fill the rooms. Below are a few of the oakleaf hydrangea flowers from the plant I bought at Monticello...  After working in the garden, you might find me on the back porch glider, looking out at the garden, with some iced tea in hand...  Hope your summer has been good, I would love to hear what you have been up to!
~ Deb
16 Comments
Cindy Huxtable
8/2/2021 04:50:00 pm
So happy you posted. I love seeing your home and garden. Its been hot and humid here in Central Illinois.
Mary Deihl
8/2/2021 05:50:45 pm
l love the pictures of your cozy home, especially the bits of Chinoiserie.
Mary Lea Lepke
8/2/2021 07:23:26 pm
Love your photos, your flowers are so lovely. I've always wanted to have a small vegetable garden, but have found "small" does not equate with vegetable gardening. Lol it was great to hear from you, it's been awhile. Mary Lea 8/2/2021 08:03:57 pm
What beautiful flowers! I have mostly shade, so cutting flowers are few. I’d love room for sunflowers! So nice to see this post. I’m super jealous of the wicker pitcher. Great find!
Mary
8/3/2021 05:46:34 am
Your posts are always so good, and I look forward to everyone. We have a lot of black-eyed Susans in our garden; will have to find some Queens Anne's Lace to make a bouquet. I've scored some great baskets at Goodwill, but haven't seen anything as cute as your pitcher basket.
Kristina
8/3/2021 05:52:16 am
Love seeing your pictures!! 8/3/2021 08:27:18 am
Lovely set of blue and white vases that you have been collecting, as well as the baskets. It all looks so nice!
angela l brown
8/3/2021 10:29:25 am
So happy to see a post from you! Did you make your porch trellis? That is such a good idea for privacy! Leave a Reply. |
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