One of the identifying characteristics of cottage gardeners is that they grow as much of their gardens vertically as possible. The traditional cottage gardeners were not as financially well endowed as others. Because they had small tracts of land, they needed to grow as much of their gardens upward as possible. Cottage gardeners grew roses…
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From Dust to Dust – From Ashes to Ashes – All of Us Are at Least a Truckload of Dirt and a Promise
As usual, I started writing this post with at least two agendas. First, I need to complete the thoughts I began this morning at 3 am–my post “To Everything, There is a Season.” I spent my 4th of July working on my computer, and by 4 pm, my eyes were swollen, and I was having…
To Everything, There Is A Season
To Everything, There Is A Season Ecclesiastes 3:1 This morning, I was out in my garden, and I gathered buckets of tomatoes. I had started those tomatoes as tiny plants under lights in my house in late winter. In fact, we had an ice storm outside, and I was feeding my winter birds at that…
Portulaca – Moss Rose
Portulaca or Moss Rose Jacki Kellum Garden Wall Planting Somewhere along the line, I heard the expression: “Youth is wasted on the Young,” and it is true that is has taken me a long time to overcome many of the misconceptions of my childhood. My dad and my grandmother taught me almost everything I know…
Heavenly Blue Morning Glory – The Heirloom My Grandmother Grew – Compared to the Weed Ivyleaf Morning Glory
Washerwoman – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting All of her life, my grandmother both washed and rinsed her laundry in galvanized tubs. My grandmother’s wash tubs rested on a small sun porch attached to the back of her house [No, not THAT kind of sun porch–just a space with windows to wash her clothes]. My grandmother…
How to Dry Roses and Other Flowers & Herbs – Preserving Memories from My Past
I have tried several methods for drying roses and other plants, but my overarching preference is to dry flowers naturally No chemicals, No silicone, No microwaver–I just hang my plants upside down in a dark place and wait a few days for them to dry au natural. My grandparents in the early 1900s. Much of…
Creme de Cassis Hollyhocks and The Fairy Rose
This morning, I walked out my front door, and I created a video focusing on my Creme de Cassis Hollyhocks and my Fairy Rose. Creme de Cassis Hollyhock Image Credit: American Meadv The Creme de Cassis Hollyhock is named after a French liquer. “Crème de cassis is a French blackcurrant liqueur that originated in the…
Focus on Creme de Cassis Hollyhock – Hollyhocks Are Classic Cottage Garden Plants
Creme de Cassis Hollyhock Image Credit: American Meadows The Creme de Cassis Hollyhock is named after a French liquer. “Crème de cassis is a French blackcurrant liqueur that originated in the Burgundy region in the 19th century. The original recipe is thought to have been created in Dijon in 1841 by Auguste-Denis Lagoute, and the…
How to Create a Kitchen Garden with Raised Beds
Several times, I have said that my entire garden is a raised bed, and I have added that in many areas, the garden is a series of raised beds created on top of the base raised bed. A Load of Gin Trash Being Dumped into Jacki Kellum’s Garden Beneath my raised bed, I cover the…
How to Create A Patriotic Centerpiece – Red Poppies, White Daisies, & Blue Bachelor Butttons + A Patriotic Vase
For weeks, I have been watcing my Red Poppies, my White Daisiesk and my Blue Bachekir Buttons grow ]in my garden I decided to make a Patriotic Centerpiece and fill it with a Bouqut from my garden, Schlinck Haus Riesling Wine I originally started saving these gorgeous cobalt blue bottles to create a bottle tree,…