forage friday: yellow salsify

Well, I have interesting news. There is another wedding in the family and I'm helping with the reception.  Since this will be happen very, very soon...    I will not be making 500 zillion paper flowers. 😉     This week's forage is without a doubt a WEED! If you see this in your yard pick the flowers, …

forage friday: daisies

Last week I worked real hard a gathering my forage, not. I walked right out the front door with my dollar store scissors….. snip… snip...  snip. Voila! They look happy! After a week since I cut them, most of these daisies are still looking pretty good. You can often find them roadside or in naturalized …

white cabinet: affordable metal top

feeling lost about what's going on? catch up on the white cabinet posts: I love buying junk! salvaged cabinet continues the top! This was supposed to be a quick easy project (aren't they all?). Just clean and repaint an old kitchen cabinet turning it into a potting bench…. but then, the “Epiphany".  They always get …

forage friday: sweet clover

    So we have a few Forage Fridays under our belt. We are driving forward with last week’s fun forage with a plant that grows in almost every continent. So, it’s easy for you to find.  It’s growing on every roadside and empty lot unless you are in the Antarctic. I use my picnic …

forage friday: spurge

Last week I posted some foraged spurge in this beautiful Nippon demitasse pot and cups. This set was given to me via my sister-law from her family. Yes, I grab the common old spurge from an empty lot. There is tons of it growing everywhere right now. It looks almost as good this week as …