After planting a bunch of daylilies and daffodil bulbs on my day off this week, I took a little break from gardening to make this fast and simple chalkboard sign. I’m a fairly creative, crafty person, but seriously anyone can make a chalkboard sign. To my gardening readers, hang with me I still have lots […]
Gardening Recap – 2017 Best Perennials
As a follow-up to my earlier post, Gardening Recap – Summer 2017, I also want to highlight the best perennials of 2017. Since I was starting over in a new yard, I purchased lots and lots of perennials last fall and this year. I decided to try some new varieties, as well as old favorites. […]
Gardening Recap – Summer 2017 Favorite Flowers & Vignettes
Wow, what a summer – it went by way to fast! Since it’s officially fall now (although you wouldn’t know it by the temps here in Minnesota), I’m really excited to share this Gardening Recap and all my Summer 2017 Favorite Flowers, Flower Garden Vignettes and Garden Makeovers with you. We moved into our current […]
Garden Tour #2 – End of Summer
I can’t believe it’s the 10th of September and I’m still able to take you all on another Garden Tour. Get your virtual walking shoes on and let’s do this. Perhaps, you’ll come away from this garden tour with some flower gardening ideas. I’m joining in today for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day hosted by May […]
Monarch Butterflies
Monarch Butterflies, YES, they were here! I just have to share this update to my Garden Tour post yesterday. Remember this: On our way to the front yard, I want to show you this Meadow Blazingstar Liatris. I’ve never grown this variety of liatris and I think it’s lovely. So do the butterflies, but apparently […]
Garden Tour – End of Summer
I’m just not ready for summer to end. Here in Minnesota the temps are in the 70s and we’ve had ample rain, so the grass, veggies and flowers are very lush and green. Since everything is looking so good, I decided to do another “Stroll Through Gingham Gardens,” or more commonly known as a garden […]
Easy Garden Makeover
I’ve already shared a few garden makeovers here at Gingham Gardens that you can read about here and here. Today, I’m going to share An Easy Garden Makeover. Here’s what this area looked like when we moved in last August. Later in the fall, we had the multiple-trunk ash tree cut down, so we were […]
Miniature Gnome Garden
This week I’d like to show you my Miniature Gnome Garden. I initially planned this miniature gnome garden with my little grand buddy in mind. I did the planting and then little grand buddy helped me sit up the gnomes, their houses and their accessories, including a dog and a frog. He pretty much rearranges […]
Garden Tour – Another Stroll Through Gingham Gardens
Hello gardener friends, come along and let’s take a Garden Tour – Another Stroll Through Gingham Gardens. If you missed the first garden tour, you can stroll here. Let’s start our stroll in the backyard this time. As we come down the deck stairs onto our stamped concrete patio, this big clay pot sits filled with […]
A Garden Visit – Munsinger Gardens
My intent on Gingham Gardens is to share mostly my own gardens, but I love to visit others gardens and will share those on occasion. A few weeks ago I went on a little field trip (as we like to call it) with some girlfriends to Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Unfortunately, I did […]