Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: garden

  • In The Garden: January

           The garden in January is sleeping. The spring’s bulbs have been planting and last year’s flowers are brown and brittle, gone to seed. A few things keep a green tinge; the roses still have leaves, but they’re darker.         The other day it was fairly warm, so Robbie and I went…

  • Our Autumn Harvest

         This past weekend we harvested our gourds, the bumper crop of our summer that took over our rock patio out back! The seeds I took out of an old dried gourd I had that had been a decoration….and look what happened!   The kids came out and helped me, and we searched through vines…

  • Late Summer Garden

        The garden is getting leggy and full as we round the corner into fall. It’s been very hot– near 100 degrees. Cooler temperatures should be here by the evening though, and I’m looking forward to this reprieve. I’m sure the garden is too!   Flowers doing well in this heat are the zenias, marigolds…