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🌺 Cardinal Flower Spotlight 🌺Meet the showstopper of the late summer garden – the Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis). ...
08/06/2025

🌺 Cardinal Flower Spotlight 🌺
Meet the showstopper of the late summer garden – the Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis). I snapped these pictures of it growing abundantly in our woods and local walking trails in southern Maines growing zone 5.

🪴With its vibrant scarlet red blooms, this native wildflower is a magnet for hummingbirds and a favorite in pollinator gardens.

Don’t let the exotic red fool you—Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is surprisingly easy to grow from seed! 💡Did you see my post from the other day? It’s time to start your perennial flower gardens from seed to make sure they’ll bloom next year!!

✔️ Start seeds indoors or direct sow in fall
✔️ Cold stratification helps with germination
✔️ Prefers moist soil and part shade
✔️ Comes back year after year

📍Native to North America
🌿 Thrives in moist soil & partial sun
🌸 Hummingbird approved

Proof that nature knows how to make a statement!

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🌕✨ Full Moon Magic | August 9, 2025 ✨🌕The Sturgeon Moon in Aquarius brings bold, forward-thinking energy — a beautiful t...
08/05/2025

🌕✨ Full Moon Magic | August 9, 2025 ✨🌕

The Sturgeon Moon in Aquarius brings bold, forward-thinking energy — a beautiful time to harvest, prune, and reflect 🌿🌼

As the moon peaks in fullness, your plants direct energy upward — it’s the perfect phase to:

✔️ Harvest herbs & flowers
✔️ Prune for healthier growth
✔️ Fertilize & feed your soil
✔️ Sow above-ground crops (leafy greens, herbs, etc.)

🌱 Moon Gardening Calendar – August 2025

🌓 Aug 4–8 | Waxing Moon:
➡️ Plant leafy greens (lettuce, spinach, basil)
➡️ Support growth with compost tea or kelp spray

🌕 Aug 9 | Full Moon:
🌾 Harvest & prune
🌼 Collect flower seeds
🧘‍♀️ Do garden meditation under moonlight

🌖 Aug 10–15 | Waning Gibbous:
➡️ W**d, mulch & compost
➡️ Deadhead spent blooms
➡️ Focus on garden cleanup

🌘 Aug 16 | Last Quarter:
🌱 Plant root crops (carrots, garlic, onions)
🛠 Transplant or repot indoor plants

🌑 Aug 23 | New Moon:
✨ Set new intentions
🌿 Rest — both for you & your soil
🌼 Plan next month’s planting

🌒 Aug 24–31 | Waxing Crescent:
➡️ Sow seeds for fast-growing leafy annuals
💧 Water intentionally — with moon-blessed water if you like 😉

♒ Under Aquarius’s influence, try something different — vertical gardens, companion planting, or journaling your garden dreams 🌌

🌕 How are you connecting with your garden this Full Moon?

Drop a 🌿 & a SAVE if you’re planting by the moon this month and SHARE this post with a friend who might want to garden like this too!

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✨COTTAGE GARDENS✨ We’re finally starting to plant/landscape our front gardens!🌸👉Here’s a glimpse into phase one and mayb...
08/03/2025

✨COTTAGE GARDENS✨ We’re finally starting to plant/landscape our front gardens!🌸

👉Here’s a glimpse into phase one and maybe some inspiration for you!

✨The oriental plants that are not cold hardy for our zone 5 are going to live in pots so we can overwinter them in the greenhouse.✨

✨what lovey sentiments✨🌸What resonates with you the most?✨
05/20/2024

✨what lovey sentiments✨

🌸What resonates with you the most?✨

⤵️EDIBLE FLOWERS🌸We are deep in planning our flower gardens right now and starting seeds too!!Some of my FAVORITE edible...
01/27/2024

⤵️EDIBLE FLOWERS🌸

We are deep in planning our flower gardens right now and starting seeds too!!

Some of my FAVORITE edible flowers are:
✨CHAMOMILE
✨BORAGE
✨THYME
✨SWEET ALYSSUM
✨LOVE IN A MIST

These are some of my favorite besties to grow and add to a salad, drink as a tea or just wow friends at a dinner party!

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✨THROWBACK 2019 SPRING GARDEN🌸✨ This was one of my favorite spring gardens. After multiple years of planting and waiting...
01/15/2024

✨THROWBACK 2019 SPRING GARDEN🌸✨

This was one of my favorite spring gardens. After multiple years of planting and waiting we were rewarded big time.

Featured here are Lupins, Apricot Tea Rose, Perennial Sweet Pea, HF Young Clematis & Belle of Woking Clematis.

If you are into flowers and creating bouquets or vases I cannot recommend perennial sweet peas enough to complete your vision. They do not have the scent of an annual sweet pea but they grow like champs spring to fall.

🫢Are we on planet mars? ⭐️🪐✨The final foundation walls of our new homestead are getting poured. Stay tuned for the next ...
11/25/2023

🫢Are we on planet mars? ⭐️🪐✨

The final foundation walls of our new homestead are getting poured. Stay tuned for the next phase when we level out the land for the future flower and vegetable gardens.

Make sure you FOLLOW along as we continue to share ideas of how you can start a new home cook garden from scratch.

Happy Wednesday! A little delphinium & dahlia love to brighten your day. No filter needed in this morning sunlight ✨. ...
09/06/2023

Happy Wednesday! A little delphinium & dahlia love to brighten your day.

No filter needed in this morning sunlight ✨.

What’s is our September garden harvest dinner?Brandywine tomatoes, rosemary, peppers and our absolute favorite, fingerli...
09/06/2023

What’s is our September garden harvest dinner?

Brandywine tomatoes, rosemary, peppers and our absolute favorite, fingerling potatoes! So good with some local lamb chops 🐑🌱.

Potatoes & tomatoes are two of my favorite things to grow. Their taste is unbeatable to anything you’ll ever buy. This year we discovered you can grow all of this fresh food in grow bags, thanks to awesome soil.

Our favorite dressing for fresh potatoes is capers, lemon, EVOO, S&P, garlic and rosemary & served with a Greek salad.

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✨FERMENTED PICKLES✨Working on a new recipe today. I’m particularly excited about the addition of turmeric in this batch!...
07/15/2023

✨FERMENTED PICKLES✨

Working on a new recipe today. I’m particularly excited about the addition of turmeric in this batch! I’ll check back in a couple of weeks when they will be ready to taste and share how it goes.

Have you tried fermented pickles before? I’d love to know if you are curious about exploring fermented recipes in general!

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