What I'm All About:
I grow cut flowers for brides and florists, but I also blog my gardening adventures as a commercial and home gardener. I primarily grow perennials in an effort to create a habitat for bees, birds, butterflies and other critters, but I also grow some favorite annuals every year from purchased or saved seed (or both!). In these pages you will find a mixture of advice, rants, growing information for flowers and herbs, links and resources, photo albums, and everything in between.
I live in Batesville, Mississippi, Zone 7B, so what I do in my garden may not necessarily work for you.
If there is anything you would like to see added to the site or have any gardening questions you think I can answer, please feel free to send me an e-mail. See my About me page for more info.
Recent Posts:
Date: Monday December 28, 2009 Planted in: Frugal Gardening, Rants Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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In my market research for weddings, I’ve come across dozens of articles that give advice to have a wedding on a “shoestring budget.” Articles such as these usually rub me the same way as articles on landscaping on a “small” budget. Small, being between $5,000 and $10,000. Seriously? I want to live a life where $5,000 [...]
Date: Tuesday November 24, 2009 Planted in: Frugal Gardening, Green Living Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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Tilling just doesn’t work. Not for me anyway. It does nothing but compact the soil below the level where it tills, and the crabgrass and bermuda grass just love freshly turned soil, not to mention the weed seeds that get churned up. Last year I decided to take the easy way out. I [...]
Date: Monday November 23, 2009 Planted in: Flower Gardens, Frugal Gardening, Wedding Flowers Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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**This is also a permanent page on the site, but I wanted to open it up for comment.
In an effort to be more environmentally conscious and save money in the process, many brides are designing and even growing their own wedding flowers. Buying flowers that are grown locally can save green in more [...]
Date: Thursday February 19, 2009 Planted in: Container Gardening, Frugal Gardening, Vegetables Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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Even if you don’t have a yard, you can grow vegetables on your patio or balcony. Seed sellers have learned that apartment and condo-dwellers like fresh vegetables too, and sell a variety of seed that is suitable for pot culture. I’ve included a list of varieties at the end of this post for reference. Herbs [...]
Date: Monday February 16, 2009 Planted in: Container Gardening, Frugal Gardening, Vegetables Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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There was a time when people grew all their own food, instead of relying on supermarkets, farmers’ markets and restaurants to purchase from. I hope to see an upsurge in home gardeners and community gardens as the economy ticks lower, and groceries become too expensive for some people.
When you think “home vegetable garden” do [...]
