A stroll off the porch to see the flowers on a cool crisp Spring Monday morning, just makes getting up to face the day that much more worth it!
Chives! What do YOU do with chives? I'd like to know.
Oh isn't this iris beautiful? It is the third color that I've had bloom this year. A friend told me that if you take a red tulip, (or any color for that matter) and cut the bulb in half before you plant it, the next time it blooms it will be pink. She called it bleeding out the colors to get new colors. I wonder if this would work with irises, especially since their "roots" are called rhizomes, and not bulbs?I hope your Monday will be full of pleasure and you will feel the blessings that each moment brings.
Love, Rachel
Happy Monday! Beautiful flowers! Hope that your day is "special"...
ReplyDeleteWow, what beautiful flowers! I'm so happy you have them in your yard!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful day!
Love, Esther
Your flowers are so pretty. You will have to try the 'tulip thing' and see if it works
ReplyDeleteAlison
Beautiful flowers! A few of mine bloomed too :)
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Monday sweetie!!
hugs,
rue
BEAUTIFUL! Your porch is so pretty!!
ReplyDeleteAmy
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! More pictures of Ivory, please! Too cute!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteWhen we were kids, my aunt would fry up bacon, crumble it and then add fresh chives and bacon to the sour cream for our baked potatoes. Oh that brings back such wonderful memories.
Hugs,
LeAnn:)
Chives add a delicate flavor to many things. I chop them up and add them to salads for a mild flavor. The flowers can be added also. They are great added to egg and potato dished. Any place you might want a mild onion flavor. Have fun experimenting.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
So pretty! Your home is looking lovely with flowers and I really like that shade of green paint on it.
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Brook
Chop 'em up fine with kitchen shears, and then dry them on low heat in the oven... and you can use them in any recipe that calls for them. I like to make a cream cheese/cucumber/chive spread for tea sandwiches.
ReplyDeleteMy what pretty flowers! I grow chives outside my back door in a bucket with other herb plants. The chives are my favorites. I add them on top of eggs, in salads, in homemade salsa and on top of baked potatoes. YUM...now I am hungry! xoxo ~ Joy
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous flowers you have!!! That would be cool if you could alter the colors. I know with hydrangias, you get different colors by the acids in the soil, it is so cool!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sharon
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful Monday, your flowers look lovely next to your beautiful clean newly painted house!
Yes, it is true about the bulbs, even without cutting them they bleed, I had a pink tulip and a red tulip...now I have the most lovely creamsicle color!!!!
XXOO,
Donna Lynn
HI RACHEL, THE SPRING FLOWERS ARE BEAUTIFUL. HAVE A GREAT DAY. KEITH
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are so.. beautiful. My favorite thing to do with chives is to chop them up very fine. And put them with sour cream and bacon on top of baked potatoes. They are yummy!
ReplyDeleteTerrie