" A Whisper Sweet"
Joyce Hemsley
"Basket full of pretty posies
From the "you" I love,
Both of us to talk together
Under stars above.
A whisper sweet discloses
The magic that you feel,
I'm delighted with the roses,
Roses tell me love is real.
We sing a song of rainbows
To the tune of a lullaby,
You and I both wearing halos
So in love ~ as time goes by."
TODAY'S SEEDS OF WISDOMJoyce Hemsley
"Basket full of pretty posies
From the "you" I love,
Both of us to talk together
Under stars above.
A whisper sweet discloses
The magic that you feel,
I'm delighted with the roses,
Roses tell me love is real.
We sing a song of rainbows
To the tune of a lullaby,
You and I both wearing halos
So in love ~ as time goes by."
- JUST BLOOMED TODAY~READER'S GARDEN
- GARDEN UPDATE
- MEET THE SILVER DOLLAR PLANT
- FAUNA
- GARDEN GIGGLE
- GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECIPE #0014 SAVORY PARMESAN BITES
- FEEDBACK
JUST BLOOMED TODAY~READER'S GARDEN
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| Photo Credits Paul Butler |
Our photos of this gorgeous garden comes from Georgia in Huntington Beach, California! The first is the parkway wildflowers that come up every year. The grass in front doesn't get mowed every week just about once or twice a year. I think it is some kind of feather grass. The next is the parkway again.
The next pic is the front again. Lavender in the front that is not in
bloom yet but when it does will be very nice. I think they did a nice job. Just a small patch of grass for their dog and their chairs. Great job, Georgia!
bloom yet but when it does will be very nice. I think they did a nice job. Just a small patch of grass for their dog and their chairs. Great job, Georgia!
GARDEN UPDATE
Weather cooperating, but my body is not, so today is an easy day. Birds have been hungry and gobbling up everything in sight. Love is in the air, as they chase and play with each other through the branches.
Others are taking advantage of the birdhouses and babies are safely stashed away. We see Mama and Papa working hard back and forth, placating them with their steady presence. Even when they aren't right in the nest with them, they are not far, watching over them...and isn't that how it should be?
MEET THE SILVER DOLLAR PLANT
Whoever said money doesn't grow on trees was right. It grows on a small, bushy plant.Just one type of currency, though: silver dollars (Lunaria annua).
Weather cooperating, but my body is not, so today is an easy day. Birds have been hungry and gobbling up everything in sight. Love is in the air, as they chase and play with each other through the branches.
Others are taking advantage of the birdhouses and babies are safely stashed away. We see Mama and Papa working hard back and forth, placating them with their steady presence. Even when they aren't right in the nest with them, they are not far, watching over them...and isn't that how it should be?
MEET THE SILVER DOLLAR PLANT
Whoever said money doesn't grow on trees was right. It grows on a small, bushy plant.Just one type of currency, though: silver dollars (Lunaria annua).
Plant the seedlings outdoors at the same time you plant out tomatoes, then harvest your first dollars later this summer. If you plant very soon, you may still be able to get a return on your investment this year.
Despite the "annua" in the botanical name, however, silver dollar plants often behave more like biennials than annuals, growing only leaves the first year then expiring the next year after making flowers and dollars.
The second, more relaxed way to grow silver dollar plants is as biennials. Sow the seeds outdoors sometime in early summer — timing is not critical — to rake in your dollars early next summer.
Whichever method you choose, give silver dollars a site with well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. Avoid a rich soil, though, or plants put their energy into making leaves at the expense of flowers and dollars.
The money plant's flowers have four petals in the shape of a cross, putting it in the Mustard Family, along with broccoli, radish and alyssum.
The silver dollar plant, along with other members of the mustard family, ripens its seeds within a dry fruit called a silique. As the silique ripens, the two outside halves dry, then fall away to leave the ripened seeds still on the plant and suspended within a translucent and silvery round septum, about the size of a silver dollar.
You might say the silvery orbs that remain also resemble the moon, leading to another common name for the plant, moonwort, as well as the botanical name Lunaria.
And money and honesty go hand in hand, right? Perhaps that's how the silver dollar plant also came to be called "honesty." Some people say it got that name because you can actually see the seeds within the ripened fruits.
Your initial investment in silver dollar plants can be made with seeds from a seed packet, or with seeds snatched from a dried arrangement. You will get compound interest on your initial investment because silver dollar plants self-sow. Too readily in some situations, so put your investment where you can keep a close eye on it, or where other equally exuberant plants can help check its spread.
What You Will Need:
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese, divided
2 cans (8 oz. each) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1 red pepper, chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Usually, the flowers are pink or purple, except for one variety with white flowers. For a little more pizazz, there is a variety, Variegata, with white margins on its leaves.
The silver dollar plant, along with other members of the mustard family, ripens its seeds within a dry fruit called a silique. As the silique ripens, the two outside halves dry, then fall away to leave the ripened seeds still on the plant and suspended within a translucent and silvery round septum, about the size of a silver dollar.
For dried flower arrangements, cut stems just as the outsides of the pods are beginning to yellow, then hang them upside down in an airy location. Once the outsides dry, rub them off with your fingers without damaging the delicate membrane between them.
You might say the silvery orbs that remain also resemble the moon, leading to another common name for the plant, moonwort, as well as the botanical name Lunaria.
And money and honesty go hand in hand, right? Perhaps that's how the silver dollar plant also came to be called "honesty." Some people say it got that name because you can actually see the seeds within the ripened fruits.
Your initial investment in silver dollar plants can be made with seeds from a seed packet, or with seeds snatched from a dried arrangement. You will get compound interest on your initial investment because silver dollar plants self-sow. Too readily in some situations, so put your investment where you can keep a close eye on it, or where other equally exuberant plants can help check its spread.
GARDEN GIGGLE
FAUNA
GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECIPE #0014 SAVORY PARMESAN BITES
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese, divided
2 cans (8 oz. each) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1 red pepper, chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Instructions:
HEAT oven to 350°F.BEAT cream cheese and 3/4 cup Parmesan with mixer until well blended.
SEPARATE dough into 8 rectangles; seal seams. Spread with cream cheese mixture; top with peppers and parsley. Fold each rectangle lengthwise into thirds to enclose filling; cut into 4 squares. Place, seam-sides down, on baking sheet; top with remaining Parmesan.
BAKE 13 to 15 min. or until golden brown.
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