Yesterday I joined three friends/fellow master gardeners for a girls day out at the Orchid Escape in Amazonia at the Evansville Mesker Zoo & Botanical Garden. If you are in the area, the Orchid Escape will be going on through March 16. In addition to the hundreds of orchids, it sure felt good to walk…
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Stop One: Melbourne Part 2
This last post on our Melbourne stay is about the Royal Botanical Gardens. When we were planning our day, Dave said something about spending a couple hours here. Well, we spent much more than that. To get to the RBG we walked by the Shrine of Rememberance. This was built as a memorial to the men…
Read MoreIt’s Time for a Correction
It’s time for a correction in my life. For the last two years, the Ohio Valley Garden Conference has been on my mind. Barbara, my co-chair and I started working on this event in 2010 looking for speakers and a location. Even though I’ve not been constantly working on the conference, it still has been…
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Good Morning! I thought I’d give you an update of stuff going on here at Happy Acres. Thanks to all of you who emailed me for some of my Melissa lavender on my Lavender Shortbread Cookie post. I was amazed at the interest. Unfortunately I don’t have enough to go around to everyone, but will…
Read MoreFour More Lavenders
This is the most lavender I’ve ever harvested and I’m not done yet! In addition to harvesting Melissa last week, I harvested these four. Royal Velvet is an absolutely beautiful lavender. It really sticks out in the garden. An English Lavender it grows 24 – 36 inches with 12-15 inch stems. What makes it so…
Read MoreGarden Stroll
Just a short stroll around the gardens this morning. I love how the asparagus patch looks the after the harvesting and the weeding and mulching is done. This has got to be my (and maybe our) newest favorite plant – Clary Sage! It will be great in soap. I put it in a frittata last…
Read MoreHarvesting Melissa
Yesterday I started my harvesting of lavender from our new lavender bed I planted last June. This whole bed is new and it replaced the space where our dearly departed Elm shaded our yard. I am amazed at the difference a year makes. Here is the same area last June. This lavender bed has several…
Read MoreVegetable Pepper Quiche
Before I tell you about this quiche, I’ve made the chocolate avocado pudding several times and have come up with some changes to the recipe. Check it out here. I recently pulled out this old recipe for this quiche to fix something different and to use up some of our eggs. However, when I looked…
Read MoreSunday HA Update
We received over an inch of rain Friday night – the first measurable amount in a long time. I had harvested asparagus Friday afternoon. When I went out to harvest yesterday morning, I couldn’t believe it. This is one of the spears I found. We have had a wonderful asparagus harvest this year. I have…
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