The musings and adventures of an enthusiastic gardener
That's right; it's official, I am taking the leap from garden hobbyist to flower farmer! It is exciting and scary and everything in between, but I'm ready for this new stage in my life. My passion for being around plants has grown drastically over the past few years, and I could no longer ignore the …
Oh, ranunculus, you are ridiculously good-looking with your fluffy blooms comprised of seemingly endless petals akin to the ruffled petticoats of long ago. I may have only started growing you for the first time this season, but I feel we will have a lasting relationship. You may be a bit finicky and challenge me as …
It's hard to believe that May is coming to a close and that we are heading into June. One of the busiest months in the garden, May certainly kept me on my toes! This month had both beautiful and trying moments between planting, watering, harvesting, starting seeds, working on the new garden space, and trying …
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I was familiar with the spring-blooming daffodils, tulips, lilacs, and peonies, but I was recently unaware of another spring flower, the anemone. Coming in an array of colors and sitting atop sturdy stems and lacy foliage, anemones had somehow flown under my radar until last year. It wasn't until I started researching cut flower varieties …
I will be the first to admit that I wasn’t always a fan of tulips. There was a time that I didn’t fully appreciate what they had to offer. Those single, brightly colored blooms that I was familiar with as a kid, the ones that lined driveways in a uniform line like marchers in a …
It's almost May, one of the busiest times of the growing season for those gardeners in my neck of the woods. There are many items on the to-do list, from sowing seeds to caring for seedlings and harvesting early bloomers. Add to this the big job of garden cleanup from weeding, preparing the beds, scrubbing …
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Do you ever splurge, indulging in a luxury that you wouldn't usually buy? As a gardener, have you ever splurged on a plant? Has a specimen been so alluring that you couldn't leave it at the nursery? And have you ever wondered if money was no object, and you had the perfect growing conditions, what …
I can’t believe that it has been two years since I made the life-changing decision to start a little blog called Thistle Be the Day. It all began in April of 2020 when the world was on lockdown during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. I felt the need to connect during those tumultuous early …
The April showers have arrived, and they are doing their best to bring the May flowers. Everywhere I walk outside, I notice that nature is waking up. Delicate buds about to break open and determined shoots pushing up from underground. Ahh, Spring, how I missed you. These signs tell me that it's time to dust …
It’s officially Spring! At least according to the calendar on our wall. So, I’m saying goodbye, winter, and hello garden season! It‘s finally time to get my hands back into the soil, and I couldn’t be happier. All that time spent planning, seed shopping, and dreaming of the garden over those long, cold winter days …
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