Tag: Southern Gardening

  • Southern Home Farming

    The weather is getting hot, hot, hot and that is a great time to skip turning on the oven and just use veggies from the garden! So many wonderful possibilities springing from a few seeds! Tonight, I want to tell you about a wonderful site set up by Triscuit. Yes, Triscuit! Those wonderfully, delicious wheat…

  • Southern Pruning

    The Crepe Myrtle is one of my favorite trees/bushes. When everything else in the garden starts looking a little tired in the hot days of summer, the Crepe Myrtle still shines bright. Unfortunately, the beautiful Crepe Myrtle is also one of the most abused of plants. I have seen such abuse in my own neighborhood…

  • A Southern Garden Grows

    I showed you some pictures earlier this week of how my garden has grown. Here is my garden now – a little closer look. Lily Zinnia Corn Okra Squash Tomato Basil Mint Elephant Ear These are just a few close up scenes from my garden. It is Outdoor Wednesday with A Southern Daydreamer. Today’s Lagniappe:…

  • Southern Stroll in the Yard

    We have had a lot of rain lately. This afternoon after the rain, I took a stroll through the yard and snapped a couple of pics for Outdoor Wednesday with A Southern Daydreamer. Okay, so here we go for the stroll. Can’t wait to harvest some of the vegetables out of the garden. They are…

  • Southern Garden

    Several years ago, I built this herb planter. It originally resided on a side porch. Now it is in my yard. The thyme that is hanging over and the thyme in the left corner have been there for about five years.  The rosemary really struggled this past winter with the ice storms. It has come…

  • Southern Morning Glory

    This is my Metamorphosis and Blue Monday with Between Naps on the Porch and Smiling Sally. This lovely tray bird feeder was made for me by my wonderful step father. If you have read my blog you may have met him. His name is Chester Ward and he and my mother married after the death…

  • Southern Frugal Friday

    I’ve had so much fun with y’all this week. I hope you have had a good time as well. So, Frugal Friday, finds me trying to find inexpensive ways to garden. Well, yesterday, I stumbled upon the best garage sale I have ever been to. I’m not sure where the sellers got all of these…

  • Southern Frugal Friday in the Garden

    This is the weekend I put in my garden – starting today. I’ve planted my seeds, tended the seedlings, transferred them into bigger pots and now, I’m ready for the real deal. I will be tilling the plot, getting rid of the grass and weeds, amending the soil, making rows, then TA DA!!!, planting the…

  • Southern Garden Herbs

    Still working on the dream garden. It must have herbs. Lots and lots. I have always loved growing herbs. In addition to cooking with herbs, I have enjoyed growing herbs to connect to a history of herb use for all sorts of things. I searched out books on how traditionally people have used herbs for…

  • Southern Pass Along Plants

    Still building that dream garden. I would love to have lots of plants that I could pass along. Maybe I’m just dreaming that someone would pass all of these along to me and then I could pass them along 🙂 I’ve been told you should not thank someone for a pass along plant (bad luck…

  • Southern Garden Favorites – Shrubs

    One of my favorite gardening books is The Southern Gardeners Book of Lists. In this book there are lists of all kinds – trees that flower, shrubs that do well in shade, perennials with a long blooming time and on and on. This week, I’m making my own lists of what I would have in…

  • Southern Marigolds

    I am just itching to get my garden going, but, as I’ve written about before, I know the folly of planting too early. My seedlings are getting anxious as well, I think. They are ready to get out of their restrictive pots and get into the soil where they can spread. I’m starting my marigold…

  • Southern Plans

    I visited Theresa over at Take A Sentimental Journey yesterday. She had the plot for her garden already plowed and was getting rid of the grass clumps. It was good to see that because that is what I have got to get done myself soon. My “seedlings” are now ready to plant outside whenever the…

  • Southern Roses

    This past weekend I planted a rose bush. At another home, I had 21 rose bushes. I love growing roses! It is really late to be planting in my zone (6b) but I found this rose bush on sale and couldn’t resist. It is a large bush rose. I’ve grown many of the mannerly tea…

  • Southern Sprouts

    10 days to Spring! The seeds that I planted last week are coming right along. The tarragon and basil have already sprouted. The cantaloupe I pre-planted is also coming up quickly. I had to plant a few things that germinate fast to help me have patience for the other things that take longer like the…