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May Flowers

April 30, 2016 by Sheila

Pink Dogwood

  The sun was setting and the light on the first flowers of Spring was magical. Happy May Day -Sheila

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: alyssum, dogwood, flowers, May

Seed Starting

February 3, 2016 by Sheila

Seed Starting

Start your engines; it’s seed starting time. This is always the most optimistic time of year for me. No weeds, except for that darn foxtail grass I never pulled and which keeps waving in the wind taunting me all winter long, the deer are hunkered down, the groundhogs and rabbits are hibernating, and,with the expectation […]

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: annuals, edible flowers, flowers, herb seed, herbs, homemade fertilizer, homemade potting soil, organic, perennials, seed starting, soil blocks, vegetable seed, vegetables

Forcing Spring Bulbs

November 9, 2014 by Sheila

Angelique Tulips

I had a book – Paradise Contained – with pictures of the most glorious bulbs grown in pots. The photographs would seem a little dated now; color preferences have changed and we’re a bit more sophisticated. There are a few things about starting your own bulbs indoors that make the time spent extremely worthwhile. Although […]

Filed Under: Cut Flowers, Gardening Tagged With: anemones, Angelique Tulip, chionodoxa, flower pots, flowers, forcing bulbs, hyacinths, indoor gardening, muscari, scilla, snowdrops, spring, tulips

Welcome!

So glad that you stopped by! Please join me in my garden and kitchen on our little farm in gorgeous Bucks County, PA.

As the seasons progress, we’ll gather and prepare an abundance of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers.
– Sheila

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