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Leek Blossom
After several inches of rain dropped on the garden, I took the camera out to see the changes. The leek blossoms were splitting open, and this one in particular looked like a beaked bird and had lovely light-filtering water droplets on top.
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6 Tips for Growing Tomatoes
Over the past few years, I’ve picked up some valuable tips for growing tomatoes. This by no means implies that each summer I’m guaranteed a beautiful crop, and in fact am yearly frustrated by the usual problems – pests, disease, cracking, blossom end rot. These tips can help improve crops. 1. Pinch those suckers. Different gardeners will tell you different…
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Exploration of Dill and Dew
With its feathery leaves, dill is such a lovely herb, especially after a light rainfall or covered in morning dew. I’ve enjoyed watching the changes, the flowers opening and all the bugs that are attracted to it. I’ll continue to grow this collection of dill photographs and look forward to the seed formation that is just around the corner.
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Insplosure!
This Saturday I’ll have a little table at the Pour House for the 7th annual Insplosure. It is a free event and a nice way to step indoors while hanging out at Artsplosure. I still have several mugs, succulent gardens, some tall vases and PLENTY of pendent necklaces. I’ll bring along the nature prints too. This is probably the last…
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Succulent Pottery Planters
The afternoon before The Handmade Market, my love of gardening collided with my love of ceramics, and the result was little succulent gardens. I enjoyed piecing these together so much that once my shoulder is good an rested, I will keep headed down this rabbit hole of fun. I’ve replanted the leftover succulents and pieces that broke off during handling…
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The Handmade Market
The Handmade Market is this Saturday. Do you know what this means? It means I’ve got to get planning and packing! Now that I’ve amassed these new ceramic pendants, I need an efficient way to display them other than spreading them out on the table. I swore I wasn’t going to get into jewelry making, but with the crazy shoulder…
