From the Vegetable Garden Paint Colors

Vegetable garden paint colors plant the seed of in-season color inspiration.

Vegetable Garden Paint Colors

Vertumnus by Guiseppe Arcimboldo Print

From the garden paint colors harvest a potager palette ripe, rich, bright, crisp, and visually fresh.

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Photo by Nadine Primeau 

“In a garden, we witness the beauty of creation.”

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Oriental Eggplant Satin Enamel Low Odor Interior Paint & Primer

Eggplant, otherwise known as aubergine, takes its place on the color wheel in visually impressive fashion.

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Photo by Bruna Branco

Aubergine commands full focal point attention as demonstrated by this particular shade of purple,  proving it is no shrinking violet.

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Whittney Parkinson Design

Robust.

Confident.

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Elle Decor – Photography by Richard Powers

Vibrant.

Palette potency.

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Hallie Henley Design

Unmistakably distinctive, eggplant or aubergine is on-trend for 2025.

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Quickly becoming the new neutral, buttery yellow is having a moment, and it’s delicious.

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Pierce & Ward

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SW 6681 Butter Up

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Apartment Therapy – Photography by William Myers

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Glidden Corn Silk

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Elle Decor – Photography by Simon Upton

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Pattern makes a compelling argument for the beauty that lies within in the it’s all in the detail details.

Invariably there comes a point in the color selection process when the space and the style is better suited for color to make its statement through decor accents, texture, and pattern.

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Buttery yellow and luxurious creamy dreamy not quite white-simply garden inspired gorgeous!

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Trellis Home

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Better Homes and Gardens

Decor elements showcasing color and pattern as a featured focal point make texture a tactile experience.

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Red draws the eye, envelopes a space in depth, and frames a focal point.

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Tomato Red by Benjamin Moore

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Photo by Daria Mushtaieva

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S-G-440 Green Acres Flat Exterior Paint & Primer

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CSP-1145 Tomato Tango – Benjamin Moore

Accents steeped in various shades resembling those that grow in nature’s vegetable garden introduce bursts of depth and dimension to the space.

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Veranda Magazine – Photography by Bjorn Wallander

Variants, hues, and tones blend and balance core color trends.

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Tomato Cream Sauce 2089-40

I’m reminded of the rich and distinctive shade created when a splash of cream blends into the robust red of tomato soup.

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Collins Interiors

There’s something so spring into summer about the variety of colors associated with fresh from the garden tomatoes.

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Kelly Caron Design

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Marika Meyer Interiors

From garden to table to perfect decorative home accessory, garden home decor colors inspire.

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2010-10 Tomato Red – Benjamin Moore
OC-85 Mayonnaise – Benjamin Moore
410D- 4 Asparagus – Behr 
428 Cucumber – Benjamin Moore

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Peter Dunham Design

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M400-7 Garden Cucumber Flat Exterior Paint & Primer

Love the pop of garden bold colors paired with open windows on a sunny day!

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Karolina Kołodziejczak on Unsplash

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Snap Pea Green Extra Durable Eggshell Enamel Interior Paint & Primer

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Benjamin Moore Split Pea

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Country Living – Photography by Ed Anderson

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James Farmer

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Asparagus Extra Durable Flat Interior Paint & Primer

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Chez Pluie

Seasonal home decor updates in from the garden home decor colors are naturally influenced by the deep, rich, bright and vibrant shades represented at the farmers market.

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Photo by Vasi on Unsplash

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New England Home

Garden color combinations “produce” an anything but garden variety statement.

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Creative Tonic

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Sitting at my keyboard going over the final parts to this post I am lulled by the hum of a lone lawn mower off in the distance keeping time with the wind chime choir on the patio.  Quiet moments when God slows the busy offer an opportunity to still, reflect, and mediate.

I hope the noise that gets in your way at times is softened by spring’s beauty and gentle sounds, a sunshine for the soul moment.

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Spring Gardening

Spring gardening days are here, my friends.

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Jonathan Kemper

Little seeds we sow in spring
growing while the robins sing,
give us carrots, peas and beans,
tomatoes, pumpkins, squash and greens.

And we pick them,
one and all,
through the summer,
through the fall,

Winter comes, then spring, and then
little seeds we sow again.

-Little Seeds by Else Holmelund Minarik

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The Wheatfield by Katie Daisy

When the calendar says spring my mind says spring, my heart says spring, and the blooms and buds throughout the neighborhood say spring.

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Jean Carlo Emer

On my fresh from home farmers market radar is a kitchen vegetable garden flush with vegetables, herbs, and color rich flowers.

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Illustration by Helen Smythe

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Better Homes and Gardens has a free kitchen garden plan to download which includes planting instructions and plants list for various designs of kitchen veggie gardens.

Click on this link:  An Eye-Catching Kitchen Garden Plan.

Biodegradable Plantable Round Fiber Pots

Biodegradable Plantable Round Fiber Pots

Tiny Garden Habit makes it easy to be in the garden know for what seeds to start in March.

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Tiny Garden Habit

Regardless the type of garden or gardens you plant, color blooms a beautiful return.

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“Springtime is the land awakening.
The March winds are the morning yawn.”

—Lewis Grizzard

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Lady of Shalott Roses

Optimum timing for fertilizing established roses is early to mid-spring when and only the chance of a late season frost is ruled out.

Miracle-Gro Powder Rose Plant Food

Miracle-Gro Powder Rose Plant Food

Newly planted roses require a waiting period of  six weeks before fertilizing in order for the plant(s) to become established with new growth. It’s best to only use half the recommended amount of a diluted liquid fertilizer as not to over-fertilize running the risk of burning the roots of the plant(s).

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The Poet’s Wife

For container roses fertilize every four to six weeks.

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Patio Park Garden Bench

Repeat-blooming roses every 2-3 weeks until late summer.

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Huma Kabakci 

Anticipation is growing (get it?) for the arrival of the spring and summer salad season.

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Photography by Nadine Primeau

One of the best parts of the vegetable and flower garden process is the garden to table recipes and dishes reaped from the harvest.

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10 Best Vegetables for Beginner Gardeners to Grow

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Stoneware Cabbage Salad Plate

Antique Royal Bayreuth Bavaria Pumpkin Tomato Creamer

Antique Royal Bayreuth Bavaria Pumpkin Tomato Creamer

Pass the black pepper and the buttermilk dressing.

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Ceramic Vegetable Pitcher With Carrot Handle

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Corn Salt & Pepper Shaker

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Vintage Ceramic Corn Husks Casserole Dish

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Vintage Carraro Kitchen Decor Dish With Lid Corn With Pig On Top

Edible flowers add a burst of seasonal color to any garden and the dishes and drinks they adorn.

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Victoria Magazine

Although not edible, I love this sweet painting found on Etsy.

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Vintage Pansy Painting Signed, Unframed, 5 x 7

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Pansies offer loads of color, plant and prosper rather easily, and make a fantastic visual and flavorful splash when added to salads and spring desserts.

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Common edible flowers to consider planting in your spring garden areas and containers:

Marigolds.

Chrysanthemums

Nasturtiums

Pansies

Sunflowers

Tulips

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Click on the link for the fabulous recipe for Crunchy Tangy Refrigerator Pickled Vegetables from Mia Recipes.

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Peter Dunham Design

Spring into Easter gets the spring gardening ball rolling.

Personalised Luxury copper garden tools

Personalized Luxury Copper Garden Tools

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DecMode 93″ Indoor Outdoor Scrollwork with Sculpted Branches

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Tatum Brown Custom Homes

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Home-Complete 4 Tier Mini Greenhouse with Locking Wheels and PVC Cover

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Garden Studio Design

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Garden Obelisk Trellis with Self-Drainage System for Climbing Plants

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Rain Catcher Iron Stake

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6-Pack Solar LED Garden Lights Outdoor Waterproof

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Hyper Tough 300 Pound Capacity Heavy Duty Utility Rolling Cart, Blue/Gray

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Silver Metal Complete Birdbath

Easy blooms!

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Zinnia, Giant Flowered Mixed Colors

Golden Lilac Metal Purple Watering Can

Golden Lilac Metal Purple Watering Can

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Brown Concrete Outdoor Planter with Drainage Holes

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Liora Manne Front Porch Mum Indoor Outdoor Rug

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Rectangle Beige Natural Stepping Stone

Duck Canvas Scribble Floral Rose Picker Gloves One Size Green - Threshold™

Duck Canvas Scribble Floral Rose Picker Gloves One Size Green – Threshold™

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Harvesting Vegetables Guide from Burpee

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Moroccan Shopping Basket – Large Leather Strap

HydroTech 50ft Expandable Burst Proof Hose - Green

HydroTech 50ft Expandable Burst Proof Hose – Green

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Pure Garden Leaf Scoops Hand Rakes – Grabber Tool for Yard Work

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LSU AgCenter Garden Show

It’s all nursery festivals, spring forward garden centers and Mary, Mary how does your garden grow everywhere you look.

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Here’s a spring gardening video from Garden Answer blooming with inspiration and advice on planning for a new garden space.

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Cottage Whimsy

Early March is a prime time to plan and plant your spring gardening ideas. These tips, guides, tools, and sources offer valuable information for getting your garden growing.

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Spring In The Garden

Spring in the garden time is officially upon us.

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Warmer and longer days set the tone for getting outdoors, back to nature, and into the green of things.

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House & Home – Photography by Janis Nicolay

“Springtime is the land awakening.
The March winds are the morning yawn.”

—Lewis Grizzard

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Spring gardening tips prove once again it’s time to ready, plan, and plant spring flower, vegetable, and herb gardens.

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Three-Piece Live Mini Tomato Heirloom Set

Tomatoes rate high as a spring into summer delicacy at Places In The Home.

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Give your tomato plants a good grow by feeding the soil with a small amount of fertilizer and compost at planting time.

Tomato tips:

Tomatoes at room temperature release more flavor compounds when cut up compared to the taste of tomatoes that have been refrigerated.

That deliciously explains why garden ripe tomatoes from the vine gathered, washed, cut up or sliced, and served bypassing the fridge altogether tastes so good.

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Consulting those sources in the gardening know for the answers to the gardening what, when, where, and how questions gardeners have gets it growing.

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The Maule Seed Book 1908 Giclee Matte Print

Gardening Apps:

GardenTags

Gardenize

From Seed to Spoon

Garden Journal from the Old Farmer’s Almanac

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All gardens grow in soil, but not all gardens grow in the ground.

Wood Raised Garden Bed with Lockable Wheels, Liner

Wood Raised Garden Bed with Lockable Wheels, Liner

Designed for a four-foot-square raised bed, here is a simple spring vegetable garden plan ready to advise and download from Better Homes and Gardens.

Simple Spring Vegetable Garden

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Costway Wooden Vegetable Raised Garden Bed Backyard Patio Grow Flowers Planter

Wooden Vegetable Raised Garden Bed Backyard Patio Planter

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Burpee Early Italian Bush Bean Seeds

Supplying oodles of summer and spring garden goals plans is the
8 Vegetable Garden Layout Plans to Boost Your Homegrown Harvests.

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Better Homes & Gardens also offers plans for creating the perfect cottage garden suited to your taste, zone, and design vision.

Garden Plans for Cottage Style

Garden Plans for Cottage Styles

Knowing what and when to plant according to your planting zone gets gardening off to a growing start.

Here’s the link to the USDA Planting Zone Map for U.S. Growing Zones.

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Gardening is good clean happy fun.

Planting and potting in the soil gets your hands dirty which is believed to increase serotonin levels.  Research shows when our hands have contact with soil and a specific soil bacteria, Mycobacterium vaccae, the release of serotonin in the brain is triggered.

Serotonin is not only a natural antidepressant but it strengthens the immune system.

“In spring, at the end of the day,
you should smell like dirt.”

—Margaret Atwood

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House & Garden – Photography by Sarah Cuttle

Gardening nurtures mind, body and soul providing a relaxing, healthy, delicious and visually gratifying result.

Call it green therapy.

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Southern Living – Photography by Lisa Romerein

Vegetable and flower gardens grow well together, companion gardening if you will.

Flowers growing in a vegetable bed will attract bees and beneficial insects. Lending their natural way spreads pollen around encouraging vegetable plants to thrive in growth and the production of food.

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Markus Spiske

Composite shaped flowers such as sunflowers, cosmos, daisies, and zinnias attract pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

This helpful Pollinator-Friendly Native Plant Lists from The Xerces Society takes the guesswork out of what plants best in your region.

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Herbs add the scent of spring into summer freshness and provide visual interest to the garden mix and the mingle.

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Rabbits do what rabbits do as in look so darn cute and nibble on garden growth goodies.

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Chicken wire cloches look as good as they cover and protect.

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Chicken Wire Cloche with Extension garden

Chicken Wire Cloche with Extension

Deterring rabbits from feasting upon the harvest hints from The Old Farmer’s Almanac include the following:

Rabbits do not like the pungent smell of onions therefore these may serve as a the scent of discouragement.

22 in. H Willow Cloche Protector

Willow Cloche Protector Trellis

Try dusting around the garden and targeted plants with powdered red pepper.

Forsythia, zinnias, daffodils, lavender, and snapdragons seem to work as rabbits do not find these flowers appetizing. Planting these flowers strictly to deter is not a guaranteed solution to a bunny issue, but it is a colorful suggestion.

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York Fable Wallcovering

Ever the decorista, garden trends grow gorgeous for spring.

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Antique French Garden Pot

Antique French Garden Pot

On trend for garden gorgeous this 2023 spring season, antique containers make a striking choice of planter complementing the beauty of spring flowers.

Estate and garage sales are garden supplies treasure troves for finding pots, planters, tools, and decorative garden statues in good and stylish curb appeal condition.

Vintage recipe boxes come in handy as a storage organizer for seed packets.

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Garden Answer is one of my most favorite Facebook pages to follow. Here Laura plants a stunning container display pairing yellow ranunculus with yellow violas, and voilà- it’s spring.

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Spring Crudités Board with White Bean-and-Pea Dip

Welcome spring into summer blooms to grace garden, basket, jar, vase and ultimately tabletop.

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Pretty is as pretty plants.

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Strawflower, Tom Thumb Mixed Colors

Garden friends and finds~

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Decorative Butterfly Stepping Stone Bronze Cast Iron Paver 17" Long

Decorative Butterfly Stepping Stone Bronze Cast Iron Paver 17″ Long

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Country Living Magazine – Photography by Mark Lohman

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Little Books of Tips: The Little Book of Gardening Tips

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The Pioneer Woman Mazie Embossed Patina Hose Pot

We’ve now come to the how to build a wooden obelisk DIY project portion of this spring in the garden post. Find the tutorial here.

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Tools

Heavy Duty Steel Folding Shovel
3-Piece Set Black Iron Gardening Tools
Adjustable Impact Tripod Sprinkler
Expert Gardener Indoor Garden Tool Set with Carrying Case
Steel Bypass Lopper

Spring in the Garden

Expert Gardener Indoor and Outdoor Potting Soil Mix, 8 qt. Bag
Preen Garden Weed Preventer
Large Capacity Black Growing Bag Raised Garden Flower Planter
30 Packs Assorted Heirloom Vegetable Seeds 30+ Varieties

Supplies

Pink Garden Tote Storage Bag with 8 Pockets
Expert Gardener Floral Pattern Rose Pick Garden Gloves
Gilmour 50 foot Pro Hose, 5/8″ Diameter, Yellow
Pastels of Nature Metal Purple Watering Can

Goodies

Dragonfly 12-1/2 in. x 10 in. Terra Cotta PSW Pot
DecMode 11″ Indoor Outdoor Rabbit Garden Sculpture
Cast Stone Rose Stepstone Weathered Bronze
Handwoven in Brown Stain Willow Weave Picnic Basket 1-Piece

Happy gardening!

Spring Garden Goals

Spring garden goals are taking root with many of us who love to lawn and garden.

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Designing a garden begins with a spring garden goals plan.

Homesteading - (Back to Basics Guides) 2nd Edition by Abigail Gehring

Homesteading – (Back to Basics Guides) 2nd Edition by Abigail Gehring

I dig (ha!) spring garden goals advice from one of the top sources of info, Better Homes and Gardens.

8 Vegetable Garden Layout Plans to Boost Your Homegrown Harvests supplies oodles of summer and spring garden goals plans.

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Illustrations by Gary Palmer

Knowing what to and when to plant according to the area you live aka your planting zone gets things to growing.

Here’s the link to the USDA Planting Zone Map for U.S. Growing Zones.

Balance of nature best describes the early planting vs. late seasonal frost dilemma we face here in Louisiana and our neighboring states.

April-garden-checklist

Following Facebook friends and garden gurus such as Mississippi State University Extension Service and LSU AgCenter keeps me in the know when and what to grow zone.

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Safe bet vegetables to plant in March and April (early spring) include corn, cucumber, summer squash, tomatoes, radish, lima beans, mustard and collard greens, eggplant, cushaw, okra, snap beans and watermelon.

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Establishing what veggies to plant is easy, gardenistas!

Plant what you love to eat.

Crisp, colorful with the taste of home grown goodness,  vegetables fresh from the garden are ripe for the spring into summer grilling, roasting, stir-frying, sauteing and steaming season.

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Successful vegetable garden growth is dependent upon well-drained soil.

Raised or planter box gardens tackle the excess water issue well allowing water to properly drain out of the bed.

Ainfox Wood Raised Garden Bed Planter Box

Essential to the harvest, sunlight aids maximum growth in plants and flowers.

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Factor this key component of garden growth success into the placement of your garden.

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Good soil garners a good garden.

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All-purpose garden soil establishes a good soil structure while aiding with drainage.

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For raised bed or garden box gardens, potting soil is a good fit as it enhances soil and encourages moisture.

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Be careful in the amount you use so the garden will not hold too much water.

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Midwest Living

Fresh vegetables steal the spring centerpiece show, and put the wow in unique and easy arrangements. Not to play second fiddle, leafy greens star in the latest entertaining trend, the edible table runner.

Grab a vintage pitcher, woven basket, mayonnaise jar, bucket or watering can.

Arrange to please your eye with greenery clippings, raffia, ribbon, or simply arrange to showcase the shapes and colors.

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Spring garden goals include a producing vegetable garden complete with flowers planted within for dimension and floral arrangement beauty.

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Companion garden flowers perfect for planting in your vegetable garden include nasturtium, marigolds, zinnias, lavender, and catnip.

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Introduce your blooming edible flowers such as pansies, nasturtiums, and  roses to sips, salads, and desserts.

Carefully collect the flowers, placing spaced apart in a box or on a tray. Refrigerate flowers until ready to use.

When ready to use gently wash off your gathered flowers including any garden variety debris. Next, remove the reproductive parts of the blooms which house pollen.

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Better Homes & Gardens

Garnish your selected sips, salads, and desserts and enjoy!

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Iron We’re in the Garden Sign

Color plays a vital role in everything from the palette to plate to potting bench.

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Seed Packets Towel

Benjamin Moore supplies garden green colors inspiration.

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Outsunny Brown Fir and Wood Potting Bench

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Gray Wooden Shed Potting Bench Work Table

Add gardening theme wall hooks to the apron of the table (front, back, sides) to hang and house garden tools, supplies, and the like.

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Bee Metal Wall Hook

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Turn this helping hands planter into a potting bench container perfect for housing garden supplies.

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Abbott Hands Planter

Planting, potting, and playing in the dirt is good clean fun, but messy all the same.

Drop in a hammered copper sink, plumb it all up, and say hello to my little anything but garden-variety potting bench friend.

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Handmade 20 Vessel Hammered Copper Sink

How fabulous are these personalized planting tools in a copper and wood grain finish?

Personalised Luxury copper garden tools

Personalized Luxury Copper Garden Tools

garden-cart-rolling-work-seat-storageCostway Garden Cart Rolling Work Seat for Planting w/Extendable Handle

Easter basket goody for the gardenista.

Rabbits Potty Feet, Set of 3

No yard, no problem.

Plant and pot veggies and herbs in a decorative planter.

White Washed Brown Composite Faux Woven Planter

My mint harvest is a treat for the senses.

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Iced tea with mint.

Green peas with mint.

Carrots with mint.

Mint sprigs floating in a bowl.

Looks, tastes, and smells like spring into summer.

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Another centerpiece idea in play with your food fashion.

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As I sliced into a fresh tomato this afternoon the freshness jumped off the cutting board.

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This tomato smells so good brings the tomato lovers running.

Duke's mayonnaise

In our house the perfect tomato sandwich is a spring into summer delicacy.

Fresh sliced home grown tomatoes, Duke’s mayonnaise, a dash of salt and a sprinkle of fine black pepper- it doesn’t get any better.

Heirloom Tomato Ricotta Tart

Heirloom Tomato Ricotta Tart recipe from Foolproof Living

Indulge in fresh vegetables featured in delicious recipes perfect for the best of the season menu.

Click on the link under each photo for the recipe.

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Asparagus, Chicken, and Green Pea Salad with Mint

Asparagus, Chicken, and Green Pea Salad with Mint

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 Southern Living- Photo by Jennifer Davick

Flavors from the Garden Heirloom Vegetable Recipes from Roughwood

Season seasonal dishes and drinks with the fresh taste of spring and summer herbs fresh from your garden.

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Gardening is a beloved tradition of master and amateur gardener, an exercise in fruitful happiness.

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Container, patio or parcel of fertile ground, what are your spring garden goals?

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Every-Day Beauty: Decorating with Flowers

As far as adding a touch of spring flair and fragrance goes, decorating with flowers is by far one of the loveliest, easiest, and visually delightful ways to bring the very best of the garden to the spring and summer decorating scheme.

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Charlotte Moss Flowers

Interior designer and tastemaker Charlotte Moss book, Charlotte Moss Flowers, is a delightful grab a cup or glass of tea-curl up with a good book guide to bringing in-full bloom beauty to house and home.

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Charlotte Moss Flowers

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”
—Henri Matisse

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Antique Wedgwood Porcelain Portland Blue Jasperware Pitcher England

With the garden as her muse, Charlotte Moss celebrates the season of fresh and fragrant through inspired ideas for floral arrangements, tablescapes, and containers ideal for every-day living picture perfect placement around the house.

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Charlotte Moss Flowers

Inspiration truly is everywhere, especially at the movies.

Turner Classic Movies is featuring 31 Days of Oscar; a month long homage to the best of the best Academy Award winning Hollywood movie classics.

Multitasking at the movies is the activity I’ve mastered of late.

On monitor screen left is my blog post dashboard while on screen right is the feature film du jour.

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Classic blue and white in two lovely presentations.

Elizabeth Taylor Giant dining room gardenias

Classic movie set interiors and location choices of particular design and decorative accents visual interest include the breakfast scene from the movie Giant.

Chippendale, crystal, porcelain, and silver frame the scene, but the bowl of fresh gardenias steal the show.

Gardenias in a bowl will forever be a simple yet elegant decorating with flowers showstopper.

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Flower Magazine

Are you a fan of incorporating fresh from the garden (or floral department) flowers into your every-day decorating touches?

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Spring Garden Buzz is Building

The first day of spring is right around the corner, and spring garden buzz is building.

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Green is the color of spring- a back to nature neutral that lushly complements all shades of green and spring related colors.

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“Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need
to be walking in a garden to know it.”

—Rumi

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Photo by Yoksel Zok on Unsplash

Hydrangeas tend to prosper when fertilized with coffee grounds. The earlier fertilized the better in the spring season, ideally in March will give these plants beneficial nutrients that support early growth.

Coffee grounds are rich in nitrogen, a necessary nutrient plants require.  Using coffee grounds as a fertilizer for hydrangeas results in advanced root health, a source of nitrogen, and help with beneficial drainage.

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Photo by Mae Mu

Did you know you can naturally change or deepen the color of hydrangeas with coffee grounds?

Coffee grounds are slightly acidic which modifies the pH levels of the soil to naturally change or enhance the colors of hydrangeas by turning or deepening the blooms to blue or purple.

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Fliers from local nurseries and garden centers are beginning to arrive in the mail, and I’m plotting the potting garden path to full bloom color.

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Local farmers are preparing the fields, ready to plant, water, and harvest the sweetest corn and tomatoes soon to be the stars of the local farm stand.

“Springtime is the land awakening.
The March winds are the morning yawn.”

—Lewis Grizzard

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There’s no two ways about it, getting garden ready involves getting a little garden dirty.

Enter the garden workstation.

Opening a bag of potting soil, filling a pot or planter with it and working the soil, adding the seeds or gingerly removing a plant or flower from the nursery pot, and placing the plant or flower into the pot is a relaxing therapy session of sorts.

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Garden workstations, potting tables, and potting benches make life in the garden so much easier.

Outdoor Garden Wood Storage Furniture Box Waterproof Tool Shed w/ Potting Bench

Outdoor Garden Wood Storage Waterproof Tool Shed w/ Potting Bench

There’s plenty of options of both the retail and DIY kind.

The chippy chic farm table I found at a curbside boutique (trash) worked for years until it disintegrated.

Before that, two saw horses and a sheet of pressure- treated plywood got the job done.

The point is a garden workstation is garden potting, trimming, storage hub.

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Customizing a potting bench is as simple as a gallon of paint and garden perfect hardware and hooks.

Bee Metal Wall Hook

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Estate and garage sales are garden supplies treasure troves for finding pots, planters, tools, and decorative garden statues in good and stylish curb appeal condition.

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Flower Magazine

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Garden cloches help to keep cute garden visitors from feasting upon plants and flowers.

22 in. H Willow Cloche Protector

Wind chimes doing their spring thing, early morning into afternoon serenades from the feathered choir and full blooms of back yard azalea bushes remind me of early Aprils spent in Texas lazing around the sleep porch at my great-grandparent’s house.

Vegetable Greetings Card Pack

Vegetable Greetings Card Pack

Emails, E cards, and online greetings rule the present day communication preferences, but there’s something about the handwritten note that is still so special.

SAFAVIEH Handmade Chelsea Aubree French Country Trellis Wool Rug

SAFAVIEH Handmade Chelsea Aubree French Country Trellis Wool Rug

In keeping with the ever popular bee theme, I’m sharing these spring garden buzz appropriate and ever stylish dish and decor options.

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The taste of spring in a bottle becomes a recipe project ready to bee keep and gift.

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Photo by Jose Picayo 

Rosemary Honey

Ingredients

8 cups mild honey

10 sprigs of rosemary

Directions

In a medium saucepan over low heat, cook honey and 6 sprigs rosemary just until honey begins to bubble around the edges.  Remove from heat and let steep for 20 minutes.

Using tongs, remove and discard rosemary sprigs and any stray leaves.  To decant, divide honey among 4 clean 16-ounce jars.  Let cool completely, about 40 minutes.  Insert 1 fresh sprig rosemary into each jar, and tighten lids to seal.

-Country Living Magazine

bee tagsFree Printable Bee Tags

Embellish the jar with a free printable bee tag of your choice secured with natural raffia or bee inspired ribbon for a fun and festive look.

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After sourcing and sharing these spring garden lovelies, I know I can certainly see what all the spring garden buzz is about.

With just a few days to go until the first day of spring, it’s time to plan your get it growing garden.

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