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Introducing Eric’s Latest Sculpture
The Hatley show was the debut of the latest sculpture in our collection of cast stone pieces. I wanted to make a special entry for it on the blog. I’m always intrigued by Eric’s sculptures and the way...
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Making Space in the Garden
Last night it rained, a lot. I could hear it drumming on the greenhouse roof as I fell asleep. So, as every gardener knows the best time for weeding is right after a good rain. Those weeds just come...
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Making Time
Our fridge is home to many artsy handmade collage magnets and also to many quotes that I’ve found assuring, inspiring or thought provoking. I found a rather thought provoking one about time the other...
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Serendipitous Gardening or How We Came to Accept a Wild Gardening Style
I devour garden books. I read them voraciously to learn how to plan a garden, what to plant where, how to design the space, all of that. I admire the well ordered designs, the borders made up of drifts...
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The Accidental Poppy Garden
Sometimes, when we design a new garden we may have a very loose idea of where we’re going and try to create that. In the case of the front garden it was to make a garden that could stand up to the...
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The Mystery of the Poppies
Are my titles starting to sound like they could be Nancy Drew Mysteries? Hmm. Never mind. A while ago I posted a story about our Accidental Poppy Garden. We’ve been enjoying this poppy garden for a few...
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Pique Assiette Mosaic Stepping Stones in the Garden
We love making mosaic stepping stones for our garden. They’re fun and easy to do. Well, easy as in low tech. But they do take a bit of work. It’s a chance to use some dishes and tile and sometimes...
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Creating a Pique Assiette Mosaic Stepping Stone – Helen’s Way
There are probably lots of ways to do stepping stones. I have my way and it works for me. There are lots of things you can put on stepping stones for your garden, like dishes, stones, marbles, keys,...
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My Little Dirt Secret
The other morning I woke up really early and just couldn’t get back to sleep. I’m talking 4:30 AM. By 5:30, I gave up going back to sleep and sat out on the deck sipping hot chocolate. It was just so...
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Summers End and Thoughts About Time and Energy
I wonder if everyone feels just a bit disappointed every year at the end of the garden season. I know I do. So many things that I had planned to do never actually happened. No time. Not enough energy...
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The Show at Hatley Castle
You would think that with a craft show looming on the horizon that we would be responsible and get everything ready on the couple of days beforehand but no, not us. Instead we decided to have a little...
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