Jacki Kellum
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
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Over and again, I recommend 4-Season Gardens. I currently live in the Ozark mountains, and in a few months, the weather here will get brutally cold. Tender plants will need to be moved inside or else they will die, and
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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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My current quest is to take more professional photos of my garden, and in that effort, I have found that it necessary for me to dust off my old Nion D5100 and to re-learn how to use it for photographing
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Today, I have realized that in order for me to get the quality photos that I want and need for my posts, I need to get my Nikon D5100 down from the shelf, to take it outside, and to begin
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During the summer of 2021, I discovered Summer Carnival, which is a variegated variety of hardy hibiscus. Summer Carnival Foliage To be clear, it is the leaves of Summer Carnival that are variegated and not the blooms. The foliage of
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Every morning, I am like Red Riding, as I enter my cherry tomato forest, basket in hand, hoping that this will be the morning that my host of Super Sweet 100 cherry tomato plants finally ripen, and I can
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In my garden, I am continuously searching for the plants that my German grandmother probably grew in her magnificent garden, and I am almost certain that she grew Pink Brandywine tomatoes, which are currently considered to be Heirloom cultivars. My
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Someone asked me about an iron piece that she had spied peeking from behind the mature plants in front of it. I told her that I’d share some of the places that I have used similar iron panels. I believe
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