It’s giveaway time at Katherines Corner and I’m co-hosting! The Cottage & Bungalow giveaway gives you a chance to enter to win $150 gift certificate from January 16 through February 16. I call my decorating at Casa Bouquet “Tropical Cottage”. I love the idea of cozy rooms with good light for reading and places to…
How to make a rock garden
A rock garden highlights alpine plants and other small perennials in a natural looking setting. This is a good time of year to do some planning and ordering for a new garden. Alpine plants are found in nature above the tree line. They most like good drainage, light, and a cold, dry winter. Even though…
Garden tour Casa Bouquet through the year
Welcome to the garden tour of Casa Bouquet! We live in zone 7b and we try to have color in our garden every month of the year. We like to use mostly native plants, old fashioned plants, and plants that will do well in our climate. The Gardener placed our rose garden on the southwest…
Winter Wonderland giveaway 12.19 – 12.31.2020
It’s a Winter Wonderland of giveaways! Please join our final one for 2020, with Katherine’s Corner and my blogger friends! Enter for a chance to win $100 between December 19 and December 31, 2020. There are so many versions of this 1934 song, written by Felix Bernard and Richard Bernhard Smith. Which is your favorite…
Pirate science activities: map making
Pirates sail the seven seas, and they use maps! Pirate science experiments give a learning anchor to so much content! Map making skills are an authentic way to work on scale, symbols, and perspective. This is Part 5 of our pirate science activities: here’s a harbor for ye to try invisible ink, make your own…