FlowerCamp II Memories

Oh, the places you'll go!

Well, I believe my experiment with Hagler Farm

FlowerCamp was successful!

Both Sessions were spectacular! To watch groups of

ladies dive in and work on their own creation is truly

rewarding for all.

FlowerCamp will be back next September/October,

so jot that down on your 2010 calendar to look for

dates.

Here are a few more pics from both sessions!

Blessings from the Garden!ML

Quick Update: Home Garden

Finally had a chance to step on the ladder and

secure the Tomato Teepees with $75 Twine (another story!).

Took a few pics for H garden update...

Pac Choi below growing nicely. Ready to transplant to

more permanent spot.
Sweet potatoes vining everywhere!

Some good looking bells with the sweet potatoes...

The tomatoes are finally coming along. English peas doing fabulous, they are so fun to watch... Tied twine from pole to pole to support peas!

Harvested really unripe canteloupe from farm and bells from home. Bells should be red & yellow. Will wait to see change. They were too heavy for the plant, so I cut.

More beans!

Garden centers are packed with broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts,

herbs, seeds....Get Busy!

Blessings from the Garden

ML

Punkins

Hey

Please check out this website. Author and friend, George Inman, is

dealing with his own "bumpy pumpkin".

www.bumpypumpkin.com

George asked to share his website.

Blessings from the Garden

see you

ML

New Finds at the Farm

FlowerCamp forces you to look outside and

see things quite differently, a twist to the

usual perspective.

I just returned home(again!)from the farm

(someone forgot some things, not me)and

took a different way back to the "main road".

Actually enjoyed a bit of "muddin" along the way!

Of course, goldenrod is blooming like crazy, but

so is solidaster, wild liatris, and some things I'll

need to I.D. with Wildflower Book. No need to pay the

grocery store big bucks for something that came from

another country and has been refrigerated for

who knows how long!

What a great time to gather everything that's blooming,

except ragweed, and bring inside, on the porch, or share

with a friend...pics next.

Blessings from the Garden.

see you

ML

FlowerCamp Memories...

The first session of FlowerCamp is complete.

It was definitely a day of

Flowers Fellowship and Fun!

I have just arrived home so

thought I would post these great pics...

It all started with a "Red Zinnia Clipper"...

I explained the "stategy" for the morning. Some went straight

for the flower field...

Others stayed on the porch to begin their designs!

Still others took the opportunity to clip a

few for tonite's party at home!!

Some finishing touches...

A BEAUTIFUL finish for all!

There are still a few spots

left for Session II of FlowerCamp...Check out August

blog for details on FlowerCamp. Directions mailed with

registration information!!

Blessings from the Garden.
see you

MLCH

Flower Camp Excitement! Session I Prep

This being the diary of a gardener, I am posting some of the

prep work involved in my first FlowerCamp!

(pic1 of rain soaked oriental basil, pic2 clipped & going to farm)

The car is loaded with food, buckets, clippers, baskets...everything

(hopefully!) necessary for a successful FlowerCamp...even Gizmo!

There aren't many things better then being out in the middle of nowhere,

no distractions, to focus on creating something of beauty...

A friend is loading up with me this afternoon to drive to the farm.

We will set up tables, buckets of flowers and greenery, and pray for,

at worst, a misty day tomorrow..

Campers will arrive around 11am, have a fun jewelry session,

design something amazing, eat lunch/dessert and head home...

will keep you posted...

Blessings from the Garden

ML

Gentle Nudge. Fall Reminders

hello all.

this season is zooming by. are we getting older?

just a few reminders for all of us (zone 7/8)

as we are headed for fall(hopefully).

* plant veggie seeds...lettuce, radish, carrots(see 8/24 post)

sam thought this pic was ridiculous! my box from Johnny's Seeds...

i was too excited.

* harvest your basil, put in a vase inside, not refrigerator!

get ready to make PESTO...

* order larkspur, poppy and wildflower seeds to plant Oct/Nov

* think about trees and perennials to plant when it's cooler

* scour the garden stores for seeds and plants

* too early for pansies, don't be tempted!

* use beautiful grasses, greens, pyracantha and goldenrod blooming

on roadsides for arrangements...it's really ragweed that

makes most of us sneezy!

eggplant from home garden!

next post on ragweed vs. goldenrod..gotta get the ragweed out of my car!

Blessings from the garden.

ML

Late Summer Update...home garden

With FlowerCamp coming up and kids zooming here and there, it's

amazing that what I am growing at home is still alive! Shot a few pics

over the weekend...

The purple flower is from the sweet potato vine. This would

not be the ornamental sweet potato vine, but the veggie/fruit

type. Is sweet potato a fruit or veggie? Must ask my smarty

kids! Do know, though that both morning glory and sweet potato

are in same Family/genus!

Bell peppers, yellow and red, awaiting color change...Tomatoes

hanging out to ripen a bit more...

Last pic is the Pac Choi I planted from seed, before and after pics.

Time Lapse!

tell me it has not been nearly 2 weeks since i've blogged.

a few updates to keep me in line...

1. flowercamp I

full. excited to host the first flowercamp at the "farm" in burke county next saturday the 19th. will post pics as soon as i return/recuperate!! have 13 ladies on "the list"..

2. flowercamp II

still openings and if you are wondering what this is, check out "FlowerCamp" under "Blog Archive"...

3. Home garden

Spinach, peas, pak choi, radish seedlings are up and cute. If you haven't planted, check out "Get Busy" in Blog Archive...Cut your BASIL and get ready for PESTO!!! Stick it in some water and leave in kitchen window...Details on PESTO next....

4. Farm garden/field

Plowed up the pumpkin patch. Pretty bummed that I won't have ONE single

pumpkin to have, share, sell. Next year, watch out deer and turkeys. I'll be fully loaded and camped out...

5. This post is written just after Melanie Oidin lost against some other pretty girl.

Will post pics and updates tomorrow...

Blessings from the Garden...

see you

ML