It is officially too hot to be outside and therefore, I am inside today and planning my next year’s garden. The plan centers around a bean pole teepee. You see some of my bean pole teepees in the back of
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Jacki Kellum
Time to Start Planning Next Year’s Garden – Try This Little Garden with Mini Pumpkins & Morning Glories
Celebrating Color in My Cottage Garden
I enjoy several things about gardening. I like watching things grow, and I like spending time outside in nature. But I think that I get my main enjoyments from the kaleidoscopic splashes of color that are ever-changing, according to the
Read moreSecond Spring in September – Jacki Kellum Garden Journal
September 15, 2021 – Wednesday Albert Camus said: “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” In several ways, I do agree with Camus that the leaf-turning time of year is another spring-like celebration of color, but
Read moreGrowing My Way Back Home – September 1, 2001 – Jacki Kellum Garden Journal Entry
I began my day this morning the same way that I have begun it for the past few weeks. This morning, as soon as I walked out the back door, I almost sprinted to my rose arbor that my Super
Read moreLike Blasts of Summer Sunshine, Lantana … August 31, 2021 – Jacki Kellum Garden Journal
August 31, 2021, Tuesday – Like Blasts of Summer Sunshine, Lantana . As usual, I have started my day today by making a stroll through my garden. An early morning blast of sun has fallen on a corner of one
Read moreWatch the Painted Parade! – August 30, 2001 – Jacki Kellum Garden Journal
August 30, 2001, Monday – Watch the Painted Parade! It rained last night, and although the sun has begun to peek from behind the clouds now, there is still a heavy wetness about my entire garden today. Several of my
Read moreHow to Create A Garden Journal – Step 1 – Create A Garden Notebook
If you are wondering how to create a garden journal, the most obvious answer is: Write. As usual, however, obvious answers are hardly ever true answers. Many times, they are insults thrust toward what a true answer might be. As
Read moreChurch In My Garden – August 29, 2021 – Jacki Kellum Garden Journal
August 29 Sunday – Church In My Garden Today The grasses are arching above the places where the perennials had bloomed only weeks ago. The Purple Fountain grass is darker than most of my garden now, which is still a
Read moreScarlet Running Beans – Like Red Orchids Streaking Across My Late Summer Sky
My obelisk entwined by Scarlet Runner Beans has become one of the highlights of my late summer garden. Because we had a late freeze, I didn’t get my beans planted until late, and perhaps that is why they are still
Read moreJacki Kellum Paintings Inspired by Her Garden
This is the third time that I have launched a Cottage Garden Living website. I began garden blogging at least 10 years ago, but for one reason or another, I would repeatedly suspend that effort. Yet, I have consistently been
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