the end of summer garden wreath
This summer has been one of the hottest on record here on eastern Long Island. We hardly had much rain. After a while it did not matter if I watered the garden or not, everything was just so dry this year. Between the weather and my neglectful attention, I was amazed that my kitchen herb garden survived at all. It was really overgrown and I have to be honest I could not keep on top of it this year.
I could have made a flower arrangement from my basil tops
while doing a yard clean up today in preparation for a possible hurricane/tropical storm, I took a break to get out of the heat of the sweltering sun. Since there is something wrong with me and I have that thing called "I can't sit still disease" I figured I would make a wreath out of some clippings that I cut out of my badly overgrown herb garden.
I used fishing line and a cardboard circle as my wreath form
I made about a dozen little 6" bundles of herbs and tied them onto the form - layering them as I went along
I used rosemary, lavender, basil, oregano and sage and mixed then up
my out of control oregano was actually flowering also, which actually added a nice little touch to the wreath
here is how it came out
the wreath is going to my neighbors home. I will keep you updated on how I weather the storm. Lori
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