Garden City February To-Do's

Spring fever is imminent, so get ready.

We will probably freeze again, so be careful!

Tomato plants are in the stores, but they

don't like cold weather...

Here are some things to do this month:

* plan your veggie garden...count on planting

foods you buy at the store...create a mini farm

in your back yard

* buy seeds from some of the catalogs I listed on

January 1st blog post.

http://www.mlchgarden.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

* add compost/mulch to your garden,

get your bed(s) ready for veggies in march!

if no bed, make one!

* cut liriope or "monkey grass" back before

new growth

* check out the "cool season" veggies available

now at your local garden stores--broccoli, lettuce,

chard, brussel sprouts, spinach.

* begin planting fruit trees, bushes. blueberries,

peaches, pears

* plant sweet peas from seed, be ready with supports

for these delightfully fragrant plants.

* wack your butterfly bushes back by 1/2...

Wedding Weekend

White Wedding

(ml with candle wreath)

What an honor to prepare floral designs

for one of the most memorable days in the lives

of two people...

My indulgent assistant, Mary Louise, and

I (yes, there are 2 of us!) took the most beautiful

flowers and formed delightful creations....

sweet peas, creme vendela roses, camellia buds,

and double lisianthus in aged garden pots on cocktail tables

36" glass pedestals loaded with orchids, flowering quince, creme vendela roses, sweet peas, double lisianthus, snapdragons, and hydrangeas

this centerpiece was designed around an iron

"votive tree" which is about 4 feet tall. it contains

long stemmed french tulips, flowering quince,

orchids, sweet peas, hydrangea and moss.

simplicity at the church...

it is the season of lent at the Catholic church, no flowers

within the church. simple arrangement in the narthex with

long branches of flowering quince, long stemmed french tulips

and creme hydrangea. very simple...

Blessings from the Garden

ML

Prissy FarmGirls

Just a thought. I am determined to plant the 180 hills

of pumpkins again this year, but thought I'd ask for

some help!

Any Prissy FarmGirls out there who'd enjoy a day

in the sun with a shovel, planting seeds? Room for

about 8 ladies, or should I say tough girls, to work

and I'll provide the lunch and beverage....

We usually plant around mid June, the more the merrier

& quicker get those babies in the ground!

Dreaming of summer.

Blessings from the Garden...

ML