Jacki Kellum
Better Homes and Gardens online has a great article that details the elements of a cottage garden, and one of those elements is that of curved, natural pathways. My garden is a veritable maze of curved pathways: “Create soft meandering
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Container Planting – Jacki Kellum Garden Before this year, I never grew annuals, other than impatiens, zinnias, sunflowers, and lantana. But this year, I have bought several container plantings, such as this one which has purple Angelonia, pink Penta, white
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While it might seem that it isn’t important, understanding your soil’s PH level is very important, and I have discovered that most cottage garden flowering plants need soil that is more on the alkaline side of the spectrum. Alyssum “Lobularia
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Daylilies arrive just in time to hide the foliage of the iris that have completed their bloom cycle. In the above photo, the iris foliage is the dark bluish green in my garden that day. For may years, I was
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I have a very distinctive taste in gardening–it is a bit like me. My garden is loud–in a prayerful sort of way. The colors in my garden clamor for attention and as they call, they challenge each other. But during
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Jacki Kellum Garden Early Spring “Long before winter is ready to leave the cottage garden, spring has started to coax blossoms from the bare branches and the cold dark soil. Hazel twigs are hung with yellow ‘lamb’s tail’ catkins, and
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