My friends, I’ve found the key to happiness. Well, that might be too broad of a statement. Let me get a bit more specific: I’ve found the key to happiness in March and April for gardeners in climates where winters are long and cold. The secret? BULBS!
Now, I know what you’re thinking: Planting bulbs is a lot of work for such a short bloom time. Can’t I just find happiness in a bottle of Cabernet?
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I don’t know about you, but for me, Pinterest-inspired projects rarely turn out as wonderful as I have pictured in my head. I’m not sure if the cause of this Pinterest/Reality gap is exceptional photography, an inflated assessment of my abilities, minor execution error, or some combination of all of the above, but I continue to use the site to inspire my project list. And good thing I do, because my latest Pinterest-inspired project turned out better than I could have imagined! Continue Reading
How is it late July already? Between a new role at work, family in town, and various gardening activities, I’ve been slacking on the blog posts. Don’t judge me too harshly, though; while I’ve not been writing, I haven’t forgotten about you — I’ve been out touring gardens, working on my garden, and taking lots of pictures (which means I should have plenty of awesomeness to help us get through winter next year!) But for now, I thought I should share a mid-summer garden update. Continue Reading
A backyard waterfall, stream, and pond is a water feature. When you add plants, it becomes a water garden. When you add plants and fish, it becomes a magical place you could sit by all day if you didn’t have to do adult things like go to work and buy groceries.
Alas, I am neither independently wealthy nor close enough to a store to qualify for any kind of delivery, so I do have to leave my oasis more than I would like to. Now the last time you saw the water garden it was under snow and looking pretty darn empty — probably not what you would consider an “oasis” — so let me rewind a bit. Continue Reading
It’s easy to look at pictures in gardening magazines, Pinterest, and Instagram and feel a bit discouraged when you compare them to your own garden. At least I feel that way — there’s a big gap between where my garden is and where I want it to be. I still have a lot of plants to buy, work to do, and time to wait for young plants to mature. But it hit me yesterday that I have only been on my gardening journey for one year — and I’ve made an incredible amount of progress! Continue Reading
I had planned on this being a much more focused and well-written post. I had blocked out plenty of time late afternoon and early evening today to write, edit, re-edit, re-re-edit, and so on. But then this little guy (gal?) showed up and all my plans went out the window. Continue Reading
The year was 1999, and my brothers and I had a big task ahead of us: somehow convince my parents to fund and help us build a water garden at our house.
Okay, truth be told, my mom was on board — it was really my dad we had to persuade. I went into high-gear research paper mode, checking out all of the related books I could possibly find from the library and building out compelling argument backed up with a project plan. Had it been a school assignment, I’m sure it would have been graded A+. My brothers and I presented the idea to our parents; our phenomenal presentation was met with, “We’ll think about it.” Dang it. Continue Reading
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So glad you’re here! I’m Sarah — garden enthusiast, animal lover, and blogger. I live with my husband and four-legged children in Kansas. Learn more…