Seeds!

As many Gardeners know, December isn't good for much more than reading gardening catalogues, drinking tea and planning next year's garden. This year, I decided to get a head start and visit Portland Nursery to see what they had for their seed selection, despite the amount of seeds we collected from this year's harvest, there is still more I need!


I was pleased to see Portland Nursery had a display of Botanical Interests seeds, which are generally inexpensive and heirloom quality. We went home with the following (and this is as much for my own reference as for touting the variety available through Botanical Interests):

PS. I also noticed Botanical Interests sells a Cottage Garden Seed Collection proper, so this may save you some guesswork.

For the Front Yard:

*Fairy Meadow Mix Seed

*Hummingbird Haven Seed Mix

*Morning Glory Something Old and Something New

*Bachelor Button Black Magic

*Hollyhock Indian Spring Mix

*Hollyhock The Watchman

*Love-In-A-Mist Miss Jekyll Blend

*Pansy Got the Blues Seed Mix

For the Backyard/Potager

*Nasturtium Jewel Blend

*Sweet Pea Knee High Blend

*Sweet Pea Singing the Blues

*Bean Bush Trio Seed

*Beet Gourmet Blend Organic Mix

*Cucumber Homemade Pickles

*Radish French Breakfast

*Spinach Levewa Seed

That is all for now.

My Husband's Garden Art

Hello, Friends!

It has been forever since I've updated my little blog. The business of life has made me throw my updates to the wayside! Recently, my husband was involved in a garden art show in Newport, Oregon where he displayed many of his welded art pieces. While there, he met the manager of Portland Nursery who hand-picked one of his arbor designs for the Division street location! If that isn't exciting enough, the local garden interest show Garden Time has agreed to film his designs for a future episode! I will of course, post all of the relevant information as it trickles in. In the meantime, here are some shots of my husband's arbor and bench in situ at the nursery!

The arbor design is a Passion Flower composed of stainless and mild steel. The centers of the flowers as well as the leaves and supports will all eventually rust over time. The flowers will stay shiny in contrast. The bench pictured beneath it is called 'The Wave' design.