So this time it was cinnamon, ground cloves, ginger, and nutmeg.
That’s probably because they’re reasonably-priced and almost anyone can grow them.Those are the ones you should start with!
Even if you don’t know the name of that plant, go to the nursery when you notice that it’s in bloom in your neighborhood and find it that way!There’s nothing worse than finding a beautiful, expensive plant that you’ve never seen before, bringing it home, and then learning after the fact that it’s outside of your skill-set as a gardener.Practice with the basics first until you get good at it!.
If you’ve used a plant in your garden before, and you know how it’s going to do, that’s a great bet too!I had some of these bachelor’s buttons at my old house and I know I could never manage to kill them, no matter how neglected they got, so a few of these won a spot in the garden too.. Buy smaller plants and be patient..
This is the hard one, right?
We could have spent a fortune on buying really nice, big, mature plants and having a bit of instant gratification, but it’s worth it to have one or two years of an “OK” garden, before it really becomes the garden of our dreams.You can’t get your certificate of bloggyness without having made at least one.
So I decided to make up for lost time and give it a try.. All joking about my lack of originality aside, there’s a reason these wreaths are so popular!It really was easy and I was thrilled with the impressive-looking results..
If you’ve never had the pleasure of making one of these.Here’s a look at how I made it..