Category: Southern Gardening

  • Southern Renewal

    Finally, as you can see by the spring countdown calendar – SPRING has officially arrived! Nothing says spring to me more than preparing the garden. I needed a little inspiration today, so I looked back at some of my garden pics from last year: Another metamorphosis with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch! That…

  • 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…

  • Southern Sunday Favorite

    Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday. Hmmm, last week my favorite was about gardening and so it is again this week. I see a trend here. A garden in just inspiring. In 1912, a scripture inspired C. Austin…

  • Southern Garden Dreams

    I really used to dread January. After all of the color and celebration of the Christmas holidays, January just seemed so dull. What changed my mind about January was gardening! Yes, gardening in January. When I finally got around to enjoying gardening, I was in my late 30’s. As with most things, I got into…

  • 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. ย The rosemary really struggled this past winter with the ice storms. It has come…

  • Southern Basil

    I worked in my herb garden yesterday. I love working in the herb garden. It is like aromatherapy. The smells of the thyme and rosemary and basil are heavenly. I am always happy to run across recipes that use these herbs in simple ways. One of my new favorites is those lemon and thyme cookies…

  • The Southern Garden is In!

    It’s Metamorphosis Monday! Click on pic to see more on Between Naps on the Porch Finally done! The rain finally stopped long enough for me to finish getting my garden in. It isn’t a really big garden but it is just right for my husband and me and a little extra to share. I’ve got…

  • 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 Outdoors

    I am always love spending time outdoors. Always have. When you are inside, you sometimes, forget that there is a whole other world going on outside. There are birds flying around, singing their songs. The robins loved the freshly tilled ground for gathering worms. The squirrels are, as usual, trying to raid my bird feeder.…

  • 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 ๐Ÿ™‚ 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…