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June 15, 2024
The Porch Garden from A Quilted Passion


I bought my house just nigh on 2 years ago and The Porch Garden was full of yellow Bearded Iris, Lilies, and Hosta (see pic below).  Everything was beautiful, until it wasn’t, if you know what I mean. The Hosta turned brown and none of the blooms lasted as long as I’d hoped they would. 

By the end of last summer, I decided to pull it all out. I gave some away and relocated some to the side and back yards.  Starting with a blank canvas and a goal to create year-round interest, I planted a few evergreens ...

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May 4, 2024
A Gardened Passion from A Quilted Passion


If you had told my younger self I would be a quilter in my 40s and a gardener in my 50s, I would’ve said “No way Jose!”   Yet, here I am, quilting and gardening.

The idea of gardening came to me last Spring after a couple of heavy snowstorms damaged a bunch of limbs on the trees leaving me with a lot of bare ground after I had them properly trimmed. 

 
I asked a few peeps for advice on what to plant and got busy. Shortly after getting several things in the ground, a friend found this little playhouse ...

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