Re-posted from the artisan Cindy Thomas in Colorado. Love her nativity scenes, too! One of those middle-of-the-night Pinterest rambles led me to discover this rock artist.
Painting Rock: Black Cat - What could be easier than painting a cat using a few black lines on an orange, painted stone? Simple Cat Line Art on a Rock.
Love the river rock in our gardens in Oregon and Arizona. Will be fun to do some painting when grandkids are a little older.
Showing posts with label Gardens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardens. Show all posts
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Friday, April 3, 2015
Lilacs Blooming
I was working on the side of the house in the spring when I overheard a lady thank Steve for planting the lilacs in the front garden on Cortez Street.
She said they reminded her of childhood in Midwest. I always like to hear those comments.
She said they reminded her of childhood in Midwest. I always like to hear those comments.
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Making My Plants in Pots More Independent
Since we seem to be traveling back and forth on a regular basis between the Oregon Cottage and the Casita on South Cortez I'm searching for a way to either walk away from the garden or make life more easier for the person taking care of it.
Here's an idea using plastic bottles to make garden maintenance easier if we're not at home.
We try to keep the garden as natural and xeric as possible in the high desert.
Using a plastic milk bottle to water a pot
Here's an idea using plastic bottles to make garden maintenance easier if we're not at home.
We try to keep the garden as natural and xeric as possible in the high desert.
Using a plastic milk bottle to water a pot
Sunday, August 25, 2013
It has been raining for several days now...actually ever since we had a stretch of dry weather and I took the "henhouse" apart so that I could start building the proper one...
Today we have flash flood warnings in Yavapai County...all pretty normal this time of year. So, poor Lucy and Edwina, the hens, are feeling sort of homeless...but they still have their roosts in a dry, tarped area, but since there's no way I'm plugging in power tools outdoors today, they're going to have to wait on getting their nest boxes back.
Might as well switch gears and stick in some plants I just acquired. One that I'm pretty excited about is Heatwave Hyssop " an agastache hybrid. I' ve trying to keep the upper garden near the split rail fence totally native plants, so not sure if I should plant a few up there, but probably will. Really nice for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies and I guess you could say these variety is "half-native." :)
Great Information on Heatwave Hyssop from Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens: Healthy Gardens, Healthy Planet.
The plants I'm about to stick in the ground were grown by Monrovia.
Well, time to "get my Oregon on..." and my boots, and head out into the rain.
Today we have flash flood warnings in Yavapai County...all pretty normal this time of year. So, poor Lucy and Edwina, the hens, are feeling sort of homeless...but they still have their roosts in a dry, tarped area, but since there's no way I'm plugging in power tools outdoors today, they're going to have to wait on getting their nest boxes back.
Might as well switch gears and stick in some plants I just acquired. One that I'm pretty excited about is Heatwave Hyssop " an agastache hybrid. I' ve trying to keep the upper garden near the split rail fence totally native plants, so not sure if I should plant a few up there, but probably will. Really nice for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies and I guess you could say these variety is "half-native." :)
Great Information on Heatwave Hyssop from Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens: Healthy Gardens, Healthy Planet.
The plants I'm about to stick in the ground were grown by Monrovia.
Well, time to "get my Oregon on..." and my boots, and head out into the rain.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Quilt Scrap Jack Enjoys Oregon Garden
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| Grand-daughter's bunny hides in the garden.
One of the first Quilt Scrap Jacks that came from the Ash Creek Nativities studio. I still like this cheery gal...I was up visiting grandbabies and had fun doing yardwork. A helper and I covered the side yard with lot's of river gravel...trying to cover up the bark dust that the pug, Bella, is so allergic to...
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Great Informative Book on How to Combine Chickens and Gardens on Your Urban Homestead
Talked with hubby Steve in Prescott yesterday. He said the Rhode Island Red hen, Lucy, is loving her daily free-range time in the front garden on South Cortez Street. He WAS wondering why our pink-blooming flox groundcover along the front path seemed so sparse this spring. Then he caught Lucy happily devouring the flower buds.
A timely challenge as I had just checked out this book from the Homer, Alaska, public library. Seems like alot of things you read about keeping chickens these days are so general -- "it's fun to keep chickens." This is the kind of book where the photos give you ideas -- "Oooh, THAT's what I could do with the side fence" and I've started reading with a pencil and notebook...tomato leaves are toxic to chickens, along with sweet peas...I already knew to not feed potatoes, especially the green parts. Those go in the compost bin to feed the red worm, Bob and his hundreds of friends.
This is definitely a Northwest garden book and it'll be fun to see how it translates to the high country of the Southwest. Right off-hand, I think we would need to address the issue of protective coverage from predators in a different way...my garden is much more open that the jumble of plants I had for 20 years in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Even though we live just over a block from the Courthouse Square in downtown Prescott, we get visited by javelina, hawks and the occasional coyote. I make sure I have a recycled door as a shallow lean-to that the hen can dart under.
Free-Range Chicken Gardens - How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard by Jessie Bloom
A timely challenge as I had just checked out this book from the Homer, Alaska, public library. Seems like alot of things you read about keeping chickens these days are so general -- "it's fun to keep chickens." This is the kind of book where the photos give you ideas -- "Oooh, THAT's what I could do with the side fence" and I've started reading with a pencil and notebook...tomato leaves are toxic to chickens, along with sweet peas...I already knew to not feed potatoes, especially the green parts. Those go in the compost bin to feed the red worm, Bob and his hundreds of friends.
This is definitely a Northwest garden book and it'll be fun to see how it translates to the high country of the Southwest. Right off-hand, I think we would need to address the issue of protective coverage from predators in a different way...my garden is much more open that the jumble of plants I had for 20 years in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Even though we live just over a block from the Courthouse Square in downtown Prescott, we get visited by javelina, hawks and the occasional coyote. I make sure I have a recycled door as a shallow lean-to that the hen can dart under.
Free-Range Chicken Gardens - How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard by Jessie Bloom
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