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Photos by Shauna Reiman Photography & Janie Case Beuthin.

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This summer we've been doing something new at Twig End. We're offering weekly specials (not actually every week, but most!) for pick up on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning, just in time to add some flower sparkle to your weekend.

Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate. Also known as persicria orientalis (by those with a scientfic flair), lady's fingers and princess feathers. Once one of the most popular flowers in a cottage garden, all the rage for a good three hundred years in europe then here in the states and dearly loved by the Victorians, now so uncommon that I'd never seen it in person until I started seeds and watched it grow in my own garden.

We sent the girls off to camp in mid-July; they came home with a million amazing memories and, unfortunately, Covid. We quarantined them in hopes that the virus wouldn't infect the rest of the family. Instead of keeping it contained until it ran its course, we delayed the inevitable and managed to spread Covid out over a period of nearly three full weeks.

The gardens are exploding with color!

Meet Mr. Molly, the newest Twig End garden cat. He's a neighborhood stray who started prowling the garden earlier this past spring. Numen and King Peter the Boy are usually quite particular regarding who hangs about the place but Mr. Mol is serene, patient, and endlessly persistent. For some reason, which will likely remain a mystery to me, they let him stay.

Have you ever noticed how many petals are packed together to make a single marigold blossom? Ripple upon ripple create that punchy pom pom bloom. And if you could choose only one color for your garden, would it be yellow or orange marigolds?

Here's what's blooming in the pollinators' garden. Echinacea and drumstick allium. Russian sage and tall garden phlox. Bee balm and shasta daisies. Anise hyssop and purple fairy tale salvia. The ornamental grasses, all sparkle and prairie moods, are doing their thing as well.

Once upon a time I had a desk job.

I met a new neighbor and flower friend recently who creates hand embroidery artwork. As a textile geek myself, I'm always captivated by the beauty needle and thread can create.

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Flint, Michigan

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