Better Homes and Gardens online has a great article that details the elements of a cottage garden, and one of those elements is that of curved, natural pathways. My garden is a veritable maze of curved pathways: “Create soft meandering pathways instead of those that follow a straight, structured line. Many paving materials work in…
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Complementary Colors – In Jacki Kellum’s Art and Garden
Jacki Kellum Color Wheel – Simplified Moving Clockwise from Top Right toward Bottom Right, the Colors are: 1. Cadmium Yellow Light 2. Cadmium Orange 3. Cadmium Red Light 4. Cadmium Red Dark 4. Red Violet [Mixed from Blue and Opus] Moving Clockwise from Top Left toward Bottom Left, the Colors are: 1. Cadmium Yellow Lemon…
Cottage Garden Living – Garden Ideas & Help All Year Long
Jacki Kellum is an artist and author, but she has also been an avid gardener for decades. Her blog site is at jackikellum.com, but her garden blog is at cottagegardenliving.com. As of May of 2024, she has committed herself to posting garden ideas almost every day on Youtube–sometimes more than one video a day. What…
Yellow Crookneck Squash: Summer Gold – Includes Recipe For Frying Squash in Cracker Crumbs
I am a Southern Country Girl, and during the summers, my family was sustained by the vegetables that my dad grew. My grandmother grew mounds of strawberries and flowers, but my dad–her son–grew vegetables. I know, for a fact, that I am a third generation gardener–on my dad’s side, but I feel quite sure that…
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…
Fragrant Roses in My Garden
I love the fragranc that is characteristic of old roses. That fragrance reminds me of the early summers of my childhood. Tp help prolong the scent of roses, I have begun making potpourris: Recipes for Rose, Lavender, & Other Potpourris The primary ingredient of my potpouuris is that of the petals of fragrant roses, that…
Rustic Touches in My Cottage Gardens – Old Garden Roses
Lady Banks Rose in Jacki Kellum Garden This year, I am adding some vigorous climbing roses, to my garden, including Lady Banks and Peggy Martin. Both of these roses require super strong support. Lady Banksia Rose [Lady Banks] Image Credit: Heirloom Roses 1807 Lady Banks or Banksia Rose was first cultivated in 1807. This old…
Climbing Roses in Cottage Gardens – Which Is the Most Fragrant Climbing Rose?
The earliest cottage gardens were peasant constructs. Most of the early peasants lived and worked on a larger landowner’s property, and they had tiny gardens in which they needed to grow many things–most of those things were food and herbs. Gradually, flowers and roses became part of these primitive gardens, and to save valuable space,…
Heirloom Roses – Catalog – A Great Resource for Rose Growers
Heirloom Roses Catalog Image Credit: Heirloom Roses I got another heirloom rose today, and I was thrilled to find this fabulous book packed inside the box, and it was free. This is the best plant catalog I have ever gotten. It is much more than a list of plants. It also offers planting advice and…
Chandler – Best Strawberry Plant for Mississippi – Excellent Flavor
Chandler Strawberry “Bred Especially for Southern Growers! ‘Chandler’ strawberry plants are very popular with commercial growers because of their high yield, brilliant fruit color, and excellent flavor. Fruit is medium to large, long to flattish wedge, moderately firm, juicy berries with good flavor, freezes well. ‘Chandler’ plants are a vigorous, early, midseason variety and must…