Mother Earth’s Garden

October 9th, 2008

Mums Help Brighten Fall Days

When most of the other flowers in your garden are done blooming, and looking brown, mums (Chrysanthemums) are coming to life. Most of them even come in the colors of autumn, in hues of red, yellow, and orange. A few add contrasts to the fall garden of lavender, or white.
This time of the […]

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October 9th, 2008

Pumpkins Everywhere!

We have a local festival every year called the Bradford Pumpkin Show. It’s quite a little festival. And you guessed it, everything has to do with pumpkins.
I have a few photos I took this afternoon. I hoped to have some of the painted and carved pumpkins entered in the pumpkin show, but the building wasn’t […]

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September 2nd, 2008

Cornucopias

Check out these cornucopias for fall arrangement ideas. They’re packed with flower arrangements instead of fruits and vegetables. I think they’re beautiful.

These would make beautiful decorations for a Halloween, harvest, or Thanksgiving party. The cornucopia (or horn of plenty) above has a few vegetables mixed in with the flowers. The one below is […]

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August 27th, 2008

Garden Hats

I absolutely love garden hats. They’re even more fun when you decorate them with dried flowers. This time of the year is a great time to dry flowers, even if you haven’t started already.
Make a couple garden hats to add to a Mrs. scarecrow, add to fall displays, wear to a garden party, or […]

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August 25th, 2008

A Cute Dried Flower Craft For Fall

Here’s a really cute idea for all those wonderful flowers you’ve been drying over the summer. This little flower pot pumpkin would be wonderful in your fall displays.
The pumpkins are simple to make, just paint a flower pot, and the saucer orange. Paint on the pumpkins face and glue the saucer upside down […]

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August 20th, 2008

Fall Harvest Backyard Displays

Yesterday I showed you some fall floral harvest displays, and centerpiece arrangements. Today I want to give you some fall harvest display ideas.
Here are some ideas for items to include in your fall harvest displays:

A bale of hay or straw
Scarecrows
corn stalks
ears of field corn, Indian corn, or decorative popcorn
Sunflowers
wheat bunches
seed pods
pumpkins
mums
dahlias
daisies
cattails
winter squash
gourds
coleus
decorative grasses
fall leaves
hedge […]

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August 19th, 2008

Fall Floral Arrangements

I love this time of year for flower arrangements and floral centerpieces. There’s usually a wide variety of flowers, and foliage available right in the garden, and fields to make beautiful festive fall flower displays.
Fall flower arrangement and centerpiece tips:

Hook changing leaves to wire to add foliage and color to your fall arrangements. Press […]

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