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The Winner is.... (And what is this plant??)
Babs Ausherman
Thank you everyone for sharing your plants and fallishness.  The winner is.... Cheryl M!  I have contacted her and await her response. She wins a skein in the color of her choice of Yummy 2-ply Sock yarn and a Martina Behm pattern in Miss Winkle! Also, I forgot to include this picture in my blog post the other day.  I saw this shrubby plant on the edge of our driveway and have never noticed it before. What the heck is it??   The balls are made up of very pointy... Read More
Daylilies in the Garden
Babs Ausherman
Here are some of the daylilies that are blooming right now in my garden.  I don't know the names of any of them, as I picked them for their colors and some were gifts.                 The wonderful thing about my daylilies are that they are right across the drive from the studio and add wonderful color to my day.  My sister Jeanne and I planted many of these about 10 years ago in memory of my mother - who loved to garden and see things grow.... Read More
The Flower Garden
Babs Ausherman
Last year in August, we headed off to do what we call our Midwest Tour.  We head to Stitches Midwest in Schaumburg, Il and then a week later we are at Michigan Fiber Festival in Allegan, MI.   When we left, I knew that some drainage work was going to be done which would include needing to dig across one of the four tiers of my flower garden.  When I came home, three of the four tiers was covered up by clay dirt and to nicely finish it off, a... Read More
My Mother's Garden
Babs
All through my childhood, we had gardens.  We had vegetable and flower gardens every year. My father always put in a large field of corn which was outstanding when it came in.  We also put up lots of corn each year.  One of my favorite memories is a steaming bowl of buttered corn at Thanksgiving.  You could taste the freshness of the corn and it brought to mind the heat of the summer. We also had lots of flower gardens that had mostly been put in during my grandmother's tenure... Read More