This season, Grandma suggested that the Fall and winter holidays be stretched longer and share decorations, so here is a fairy garden container that is decorated to represent Halloween and Christmas.
Snowmen only visit during the winter. This one is dressed in a hat and scarf.
At the first sight of snow, Jezelle pushed some snow together, grabbed a sled and tried her best.
Even though this is not a fairy garden, let's not lose sight that Jesus is the reason that we celebrate the holiday. I hope you all had a lovely December. Now that I'm back in the swing of things here at the blog, I will be posting our holiday Fairy Garden pictures through the month of January to extend the holiday cheer.
In the Fall, I noticed a new fragrance in the air of my Fairy Garden. I followed the scent which led to a small container full of herbs which are great year round for cooking. After a little snooping, I discovered it was the work of Brianna who arrived short of two years ago. I sat down to talk with her and found out that she has been working with the children to learn about herbs and grow them. "That's right," I said "I remember when you were offered the job, you were so excited to teach!" We planned to meet again soon so I could take pictures of her work and possibly sit in on a class.
Start with a container. I used a typical terra cotta pot.
Find some herbs you are likely to use in your cooking. I found this at a local Stater Bros. Market which includes Rosemary, Thyme and Sage.
This German Thyme was found at Home Depot.
This Lemon Thyme is also from Home Depot.
By placing your herbs around the edges and rear of the pot, you allow yourself room to place decor of your choice to make this a decorative yet functional container garden!
If you have any questions about herbs, container gardens, or anything else we share here on the blog (including questions about a fairy in particular), please feel free to contact Grandma Sandy in the comment or via email.
The mystery has been solved thanks to Garden Answers on Facebook! Back in November I asked for help from My Fairy Folks to identify a Mystery Plant that suddenly sprouted in my yard around July. I was surprised at how large it had grown and that it was still going strong through December.
The following definition is provided by Wikipedia.
Still full and happy, this plant has been identified as an amaranth and, according to Wikipedia is actually considered a weed! Well, it's the prettiest dang weed I've ever seen and despite the mean label it gets, I will treat it like the lovely plant I've come to know it as.
I hope all my lovely Fairy Folks had a lovely holiday season, spent with friends and family. I took this photo in the cold early hours of the new year, contemplating all the things I accomplished in the last year and the exciting possibilities in the future. I hope you hadn't given up on me. As is for most people, the holiday season is a very busy time of year and most of my grandchildren work retail (which, as I'm sure you know is a very demanding schedule), so we here at Grandma's Enchanted Fairy Garden would like to apologize for our absence. During that time, and after three years of having a tablet, Grandma has finally received the message "insufficient storage space." I thought I was doing such a good job finally taking my granddaughter's advice and condensing my photo sets from 15-20 down to my favorite 6. Apparently it was too little, too late, so I now need to work on deleting and moving current pictures to make room for the new year. Happy new year!
