Category Archives: theme gardens

A replacement Hedwig

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Sandi

Yes, I know it sounds odd. But my Hedwig was wearing out. Ok, so I’ll start over. It was my birthday last week, and my family gave me a couple of beautiful garden ornaments.  A really pretty glass rain gauge, … Continue reading →

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Zinnia trials

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Sandi

I was out taking a stroll around the yard last night and checking on all my babies—they are all doing so well!  The yard just seems like a riot of color right now with all the tiger lilies and false … Continue reading →

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Garden whimsy

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Sandi

As someone who never takes much in life terribly seriously, I love a bit of whimsy in the garden.  The Harry Potter garden, the Star Wars irises in the bird bath garden. . . my list goes on.  I also … Continue reading →

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By any other name

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Sandi

Do you name your gardens?  Personally, I’ve always thought it seems sort affected, like naming your house.  (I apologize if your house has a name.  No offense.) But our gardens always end up having names, simply because we have so … Continue reading →

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Mystery herb

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Sandi

Do you ever see something coming up in your gardens in the spring and think, “What in the world IS that?  Did I plant that?”  I’m embarrassed to admit how often this happens to me.  (I guess that’s probably a … Continue reading →

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The (un)cutting garden

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Sandi

I have a cutting garden. . . it was one of the first gardens I planted as the gardening fever hit me just over a decade ago. It was a brilliant idea, I thought—it’s placed on the south side of … Continue reading →

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Iris update

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Sandi

I know, it’s probably a bit soon for another iris posting, but when I got home from work last night my “Merlot” iris was blooming and it is SO beautiful I couldn’t resist taking a picture of it to post … Continue reading →

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Iris Fever

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Sandi

I have to admit I was never wild about irises. . . those old-fashioned ones that seemed to always look sort of ratty the second the blooms started to decline. . . I’ve seen them around ever since I was … Continue reading →

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Flower confessions

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Sandi

Ok. . . so, I freely admitted awhile back that I have a Harry Potter garden.  The height of nerd-dom, you probably thought at the time.  Flower confessions time. A few years ago I was browsing through the Schreiner’s iris … Continue reading →

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More on daffodils

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Sandi

I was out taking some photos of the daffodils last night and thought I would share a few with you. These are the ‘Jetfire’ daffodils that I planted a few years ago—they have definitely increased in number since I put … Continue reading →

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