Just a few more hours left in 2016 and I stand in awe. How often do you get to look back on a year and go WOW. I mean, truly, WOW! Here's my 2016 in review! I feel like Scarlett in the sunset screaming, "As God as my witness, I'll never go hungry again!" I'm...
To everything, there is a season. This is my fall garden. The season is coming to a close. But my flowers are giving it everything they've got for this last little bit until the snow flies. My potager stands lovely in the face of winter. It's incredible to me how the...
If you follow on Instagram (which you should if you fancy Parisienne Farmgirl) then you know... I'm obsessed with beets. Growing them is so easy. They make the potager look so good. Did I mention I'm obsessed? It's got to be their color. No, maybe it's their...
There's no magazine-picture-perfect house with six kids, a hubby and a farm but you can have Perfect Farmhouse Flowers. Style it up as I may... stay on top of it as I might, there's always an overripe sock (on a kitchen counter) today's stack of junk mail (right where...
Dusk in the Jardin Potager. I love those words... jardin potager. They are so romantic and descriptive to me I can hardly stand it. But you have to swear to me that you will pronounce it "poe-tagh-ay" - soft "g" and all that. Never say "pot-ig-er". Ever. ...
Gardening for Beginners? It all starts with a sudden, strange urge to get your hands dirty. You've had a normal, clean existence up until a certain point and then the potential for a fresh vegetable or bouquet on your dining table beckons and... well, you're ruined...
What to do in the Garden Before Winter? Gotcha. This isn't your typical gardening post. No, no... come back! Read on! It's a fun one! I mean, come on. We all pretty much can figure out. What to do in the garden before winter. You can let it lie till...
Oh my goodness. Where has four weeks gone! I have SO MANY video clips and photos to share and I am behind, behind, behind. Well, that happens with exploding cats. One gets behind with her hobbies. So forgive me. I'm delayed and thus for a few weeks while I get...
Big Daddy's Birthday Weekend always comes when the Lilacs are in bloom. This year the children did as they always do for daddy. They gather little somethings from around the house... things they think he would like... things he has misplaced... they creatively wrap...