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Edyn

My daughter sent me the link to this very cool idea/product and I want to share it with you. Happy gardening!

 

A Few Of My Favorite Things

1. Outdoor living today 2. Mid century modern house 3. Xera nursery 4. Sweet peas from the garden 5. Flowers from the hubby :)

Blue

Berries.

Back soon with more gardenrooms.

Selfie With A Sailor

Last week New York city hosted our Navy in Fleet week. My daughter was there working and posted a photo on her instagram friday that read #selfiewithasailor. I love that her age group is encouraging of our young service people. The US Navy was established in 1775, (during the revolutionary war) and is one of the oldest uniformed services in our United States. I have a photo of my Dad in that same style uniform. go navy!

 apple cake recipe here.  wishing you all well on memorial day. 

From Farm To Table

17/52

A simple recipe: Easy fried Squash like my Mom used to make.

Wash and scrub the fresh squash. Small, young ones make the best fried squash. Slice lengthwise about 1/16 to 1/8 inch thick. Season with salt and pepper, lightly flour each slice and place in hot oil, vegetable or canola. I use a cast iron skillet and use about 3/4 to 1 inch of oil. Important: Cook one layer at a time, do not overload on oil and turn when they begin to turn brown on one side. Use lots of towels to soak up oil. The thinner the squash the crisper, the thicker slices will cook softer with more flovor. The combination of both is scrumptious! 

From my cousin Teri's farm garden to her table, thanks Teri for sharing your photos and recipe! Back soon with more gardenrooms.

Summertime & A Simple Recipe

These sweet images are invoking Summer for me and the slowing down of time. I am loving our weather right now, it's inspiring while I plan gardens and meals.

16/52.  A simple recipe for a late night snack of pears poached in a little white wine and cinnamon. 

What you'll need: 2 pears cut in half and pealed,  1/2 cup white wine, 1/4 cup water & cinnamon. 

In a small saucepan place the pears in the wine and water, sprinkle with cinnamon and cook on low covered for 10 minutes. serve warm with ice cream. It's so refreshing and easy to make. 

Hope your weekend is wonderful and thanks for stopping by.

1. image via the murmuring cottage, 2. rylee hitchner photography (she's amazing), 3. an alley garden in my neighborhood, 4. late night snack. 

Flowers In The House

Jane is hosting 'flowers in the house' on her charming blog this week. Sadly I don't have flowers in the house because our cat Raven had a few nibbles last week of lupine and wasn't feeling well afterwards. Luckily I noticed and took him to the vet right away. I don't grow or buy lupine as they are very toxic, but was given some as a gift that I intentionally guarded however he was persistent! Rav is feeling well again and I've posted a few photos of flowers that are safe to grow for pets and children, little miniature carnations (that smell like cinnamon) and nasturtium. It's been sunny and rainy this week here but summer is on it's way and the river is beautiful. Hope you're enjoying your week so far. Back soon with a simple recipe. Cheers.

1. miniature carnation, 2. willamette river, 3. nasturtium, 4. raven

Drought Tolerant Plants

For west coast dwellers here's a link and some tips for keeping the watering to a minimum. 

Also Flora Grubb is having a sale next week, they have a great selection of less thirsty flowers and plants.

 

Vintage In the Garden

My friend Betty is the Queen of Vintage in the garden, I love all of her vignettes. So well staged and fun. Thank you Betty! Hope you're all well and out there happily gardening this weekend.

A Tidy Garden

Finally more gardenrooms! Folks here are in clean up the garden mode and the weather is warm again. A friend of mine shared his tidy garden with me last night. Hope your week is great so far and that you are enjoying the weather too. Thanks Rand for sharing with me on gardenrooms. Xo