Mother Earth's Garden

Fall containers can make striking additions to your fall displays, or patio. Some plants are go together fabulously for a splash of fall color.

Some of my favorite plants for beautiful fall containers include:

Brightly colored mums take center stage in fall planters.
Flowering cabbage and kale will grow great in fall container combinations.
Miniature sunflowers can add texture and color to fall planters.
Autumn Joy Sedum, and other sedums add rich greens and blooms late into the fall.
Brightly colored pepper varieties can also add color and texture to a fall container.
Ivy and colored grasses can make wonderful fall accents in planters.
Some herbs can …read more

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Some of my favorite flowers and plants are actually considered weeds. I love the lacy Queen Anne’s Lace. It’s one of my favorite flowers to press, and to use for fresh flower arrangements this time of year.

I’m also a big fan of milkweed, because they attract butterflies to my garden, and their seed pods are great for crafting and dried flower arrangements.
I also like to use many of the grass seed heads that grow wild in our pasture for flower arrangements.
Some of my other favorite wildflowers include:

Chicory
Black Eyed Susans
Wild Phlox
Bergamot
Thistles
Yarrow
Butterfly Weed

There are many more weeds and …read more

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Yarrow is one of my favorite flowers for it’s versatility, and it’s very easy to grow. It’s great for drying, fresh bouquets, or for pressing. It blooms at the end of June or first of July every year, and makes a great display in the garden too.
Yellow yarrow is my favorite, it holds it’s beautiful yellow color after it’s dried for several years. I love to use it in fall dried flower displays.

The other colors of yarrow work well too for drying and crafting. Some of my other favorite colors include purple, pink, white, and red.

Even the foliage …read more

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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 year mums are easy to find in garden centers, local supermarkets and roadside stands. They’re usually purchased as potted plants, and make a great addition to container gardens.
They also look wonderful added to fall displays and floral arrangements.
You can also plant your mum in …read more

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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 open yet tonight.
I did take a few photos. The first one is the large pumpkin display on the main street. It looks like a pumpkin tree, with a few mums added to help add color.
Big Hint: Make sure you read all the way to the …read more

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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 all flowers.

Cornucopia Images (c) L Gerlach all rights reserved
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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 fall harvest party. I make them just to wear in the garden. I try not to get too much sun on my face, so I usually wear a hat, why not make it fun?
Just get out your hot glue gun and start adding flowers, it …read more

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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 to the top of the flower pot.
Hot glue the dried flowers of your choice to complete the look.
You could also use this idea to make flower pot people to decorate your garden. Just paint on their faces and decorate their hats with dried …read more

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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 apples

You can use wheelbarrows, barrels, straw bales, and other items to arrange on or around. Check out these displays for additional inspiration.

 
Any of these displays would add a touch of fall to your yard or garden. Fall displays can be large …read more

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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 the leaves in a book or flower press for a few days first, and their color will last longer.
Arrange your flowers in triangles of 3, and repeat the pattern over, and over in your arrangement.
Use wires to support dried corn, or decorative popcorn …read more

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