Garden Posies and Cruet Sets maybe something of a bizarre title but it all came about during Fathers Day. I had invited many of my family to enjoy a Fathers Day meal at home and the dinning area of the house resembled a bistro, I kid you not. As it was an occasion I thought …
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Glass Ketchup Bottle Creates Perfect Flower Posy Vase
Sometimes the simplest and functional of items can be reused to create something pretty. Take one old glass ketchup bottle, give it a good rinse out and you are left with the perfect posy vase. For the last two months flowers from my garden have been displayed in my ketchup vase. There has been pretty …
Zinnia Sprite Cut Flowers – Garden Bouquet #2
Gosh how remiss of me, I have just realised I have neglected to share with you some of the garden flowers I have picked for display in the house this year. I have had some Sweet Peas and Sweet Williams in a vase or too, although the Sweet Peas have put on a poor display, …
First Garden Bouquet of the Year
This may not quite be a bouquet of many flowers, but it is the first vase of blooms from my garden this year. All from the Lilac shrub, which is in full flower at the moment. It is so nice to smell the scent of fresh flowers from the garden in the house again. Lilac picked …
Garden Flowers Bouquet #2
Sweet Pea Flowers – waiting to be picked My effort to bring more of the garden into the house continues, time for Bouquet #2. Today’s small bouquet contains all red flowers, as you can see they are deep, rich, red in colour. Pelargonium Flowers in Bouquet #2 Sweet Pea Pelargonium Knautia Macedonica previously called Scabias …
A Garden Bouquet – bringing the outdoors in
There is no doubt that Summer has arrived in the UK, we have had weeks now of good weather which is certainly benefiting the garden. Although if it continues for months I am sure you will hear me complain that my vegetables are bolting and the water butt has run dry! With so many wonderful …