Gardening and Stitching Wisdom

Design - "Wisdom" (kit)

Designer - Shakespeare's Peddler

Fabric - 32 count Pearled Barley linen 

Fibers - Belle Soie Silk - one strand over two threads

Started - 15 August 2011

Completed - 17 August 2011

After a quiet June and July, ironically, the Great Horned Owls made their presence known Saturday night - "Who-who-whoo...whoo...whoo".  So I'll say this stitch is on honor of their vocal return! 

My sister and I stopped by Down to Earth on Saturday. The above pot of sedum, rudbeckia, crocosmia, and achillea is a wonderful way to highlight some of August's best perennial performers.  

And isn't this rustic box of sedums charming? 

Needless to say, I could not walk away from Down to Earth empty-handed!

I had some sedum "holes" in my strawberry pots to fill - the darned birds dig in the pots and uproot the little plants.  My "Red, White, & Blue" pot plantings were far past their prime - very tatty looking and needed a "remodel job". 

So Sunday morning I potted up these fillers..

...and redressed my strawberry pots.

Then Monday morning, I replanted my two large pots on the front porch.

I went for "pow" with strong colors in both - an agastache in the middle and pansies around the edges.

Tom-Cat might turn out to be a good gardener too~

I have to brag about planter purchases!  Down to Earth had these pots on sale for 50% off!  The Strawberry pot ended up being $15, all the other large pots were just $4 each - wow!  So now I'm off to a good start for Gardening Year 2012!

I'll leave with with my lily "Sumatra"...

You can view other gardens at The Tuesday Garden Party hosted by An Oregon Cottage.