Thyme Varieties

A profusion of English Thyme grows happily at the foot of the Herb Garden bird bath. The smell of thyme is intoxicating.

Juniper Thyme - (hoping it will grow like a carpet to cover the nasty painted blue bird bath paint...the bird bath was given to me by a friend who didn't care for it)

Thyme Pages:

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/varieties-culinary-thyme-23609.html

http://pantrygardenherbs.com/?page_id=771

Manners Brush Up

Vintage manners books are a great read. It's fun to read how people were expected to behave 50+ years ago. If you feel you were perhaps born in the wrong era, you will enjoy reading a vintage manners book and seeing the pictures. Or you can go to YouTube and type in "vintage manners" and watch any number of etiquette videos from the 1940-1960's. 

Home Almanacs

Both books are out of print, but they can be found on Amazon.com for a few dollars plus shipping. Though each book has the same title, each edition has a different focus. Country Living's version emphasizes is on monthly cleaning and seasonal tasks. The other version is all about what to do in every part of the house and is rich with colored vintage artwork. There is so much to learn from each book. I consider them to be essentials in my Homing Library.

Welcome, Spring Blooms

What is your favorite season? If it's spring, I'll have to agree that you. Seeing the crocus push through in early spring and later daffodils and tulips budding on brown lawns gives me a great feeling that new life is on it's way. During the haste to keep the lawn and flower beds looking healthy, we sometimes forget that our treasured blooms also belong indoors for enjoyment.  Victoria Magazine's, 'The House in Bloom' has heightened my awareness of incorporating blossoms indoors.

Garden Plans in Action

An inexpensive graphing notebook can be purchased at your local office supply store. Well worth the investment as it will become helpful in developing plans and documenting those that have already been implemented.

Library Bed #9, first design.

Sperry Church design.

Cutting Flower Garden - All perennials

Small Space Gardening

As a country girl transplant, I value the space that is afforded me to garden in the city. When I happened upon this book last year in my favorite antique store, Promiseland Antiques in Pawhuska, Oklahoma; I snatched it up. Read cover-to-cover. Love it! You can't go wrong purchasing this for yourself and sharing it with a friend.

First Arrangement

My Mum likes to make flower arrangements. There were a few flowers left over from a recent arrangement and so I put together this arrangement for my Secret Pal-Sister at our church. I used an inexpensive woven basket to bring the natural color theme together. I used the odds and ends and it worked. You can't beat that.