Gardening with Soule

Visited NYC last weekend.  Loved this shot with the reflections and the shadows. This was taken at Bryant Park. ~”Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.”  ~Marcus Terentius

What could be better for a gardener than bringing plant life inside when it’s too cold to be outside enjoying it? Furthermore, decorating it and bringing out cherished pieces of Christmases past to make it even more beautiful than it already was.  It’s such a great tradition! I have many vintage decorations and ornaments but [...]

  I love pointsettias.  They really Christmas up the house. I did a bit of reading and I found out about the history of this festive holiday plant.  Legend has it that a small girl named Pepita and her brother Pedro were on their way to present gifts for their Chapel’s Christmas Eve service.  Pepita had nothing to [...]

     We have all been given advice on the many ways to take care of  Christmas trees, so if you are like me  you will probably be surprised how many of those rules aren’t necessary, so here’s a quick list of things to do when you’re picking out and bringing your tree home. Before [...]

The garland I have used for many years finally fell apart so I had to get a new one this year.  Every one I looked at was ugly, overpriced or both so I decided to make my own.  It was so easy to make.   I just picked out a basic evergreen garland in enough [...]

The last bit of fall color is gone but I like remembering the beauty…

I found this cupboard on the curb underneath a huge pile of debris that someone was throwing away. Most of the junk was veneered furniture that was beyond help.   Their cellar must have flooded in our recent flood but this was weeks afterwards.  It had a watermark about a foot up from the bottom and the [...]

This fellow was sitting out enjoying the indian summer sun the other day.  I couldn’t believe how big he was…easily more than an inch long.  ~”When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme.”~Jiminy Cricket