Autumn – Cottage Garden Living

How to Make Goldenrod Salve?

July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

Autumn, Herbal Salves, Herbs, Medicinal Plants

Goldenrod has long been used for a variety of medical issues. Herbalists seem to agree that it is a potent herb. Since I have moved to a house with a field of goldenrod growing behind it, I have decided that

July 7, 2023September 19, 2023

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August, Autumn, Dyes, Golderod

When I was a child, my neighbors kept chickens, and just beyond their house, there was an empty lot. During the summer, the boys would play baseball there, and the girls would surround themselves with swaths of clover. Not trying

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

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Arbors, Arbors Trellises and Obelisks, Autumn, Beans, Calendar, Corn, Pumpkins, Sunflowers

Today I removed my 4th of July wreath, and replaced it with a more autumn-like wreath. As surely as it is almost 100 degrees hot today, my garden has begun its shift toward fall. After all, retail stores have already

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

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Autumn, Okra, Pumpkins, Turnips - Turnip Greens, Vegetables

Although it is hot as heck here during the summer, Mississippi has a long growing season, and several vegetables can be planted at two separate times — spring and summer. I missed the spring planting time for turnips, but I

June 22, 2023

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Autumn, Fall, Turnips - Turnip Greens, Vegetables

This might sound silly, but turnips should be planted either during the spring or during early fall. Summer temperatures in Mississippi are too hot to grow turnips then. Hot weather causes turnips to have a bitter taste. I love turnip

June 22, 2023June 23, 2023

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Autumn, Kitchen Garden, Pumpkins

I moved back to Mississippi this past spring, and for most purposes, I was too late to get a significant garden started, but according to the following bulletin from Mississippi State University Extension Service, I am not too late to

June 22, 2023June 22, 2023

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Autumn, Beans, Corn, Fall, Heirloom Plants, Kitchen Garden, Squash, Vegetables

Corn growing in Jacki Kellum’s 2022 Garden – The Scarecrow’s name was Lady Gardensong Last year, I had a small, shady garden space, and much of that space was compromised by an immense walnut tree that spread across most of

June 9, 2023July 15, 2023

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4 Season Garden, Annuals, Asters, August, Autumn, Coleus, Coneflowers, Cottage Garden Plants, Culpeper's Compete Herbal, Grapes, Herbs, Hydrangeas, Jacki Kellum Garden, Kitchen Garden, Okra, Pink Reliance Grapes the Home Garden Grape with the Best Flavor, Pumpkins, Raised Beds, Rhododendron, Roses, Rue, Squash, Strawberries, Sunflowers, Tomato, Tomatoes, Trellises, Turnips - Turnip Greens, Vegetables, Vines

On May 1, 2023, I moved to Water Valley, MS, and as soon as I had emptied most of my boxes, I began using the cardboard to create garden spaces. My first challenge was to camouflage an air conditioner unit

July 2, 2022November 21, 2023

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Annuals, Autumn, Beans, Black-Eyed Susans, Canna, Coneflowers, Container Garden, Elephant Ears, Hardy Hibiscus, Impatiens, Jacki Kellum Garden, Jacki Kellum Watercolor, Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting, Jacki Kellum Watercolor Paintings, Kitchen Garden, Milkweed, Pineapple Sage, Scarecrows

I enjoy several things about gardening. I like watching things grow, and I like spending time outside in nature. But I think that I most enjoy the kaleidoscopic splashes of color that are ever-changing around me, according to the time