Lisa Ely Gardens
  • Home
  • Lisa's Gardens
    • Recipe for Fun >
      • Beverages
      • Desserts
      • Main Courses
      • Sides and Salads
      • Snacks and Appetizers
    • Kid Genius
    • Garden Spot
    • Tip of the Week >
      • Subscribe to Lisa Ely Gardens Tip of the Week
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • About
  • In The Media
  • LEARN, GIGGLE & GROW
  • Home
  • Lisa's Gardens
    • Recipe for Fun >
      • Beverages
      • Desserts
      • Main Courses
      • Sides and Salads
      • Snacks and Appetizers
    • Kid Genius
    • Garden Spot
    • Tip of the Week >
      • Subscribe to Lisa Ely Gardens Tip of the Week
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • About
  • In The Media
  • LEARN, GIGGLE & GROW

My BIG FAT Pumpkins

10/22/2017

0 Comments

 
It’s bragging day! I’m bragging about our big fat pumpkins!  
PictureJust take a look…they’re huge!
And to think they started from one tiny seed just a few months ago.  When we first started our garden, I was told by a “garden guru” to be sure to include pumpkins.  He said, they’re easy to grow and boy was he right!
Pumpkins are like orange monsters that come in all types, colors and sizes. We planted seeds that were labeled Giant Pumpkins hoping they’d grow BIG! ​

If you want to do this next year, be sure to plan ahead.  I’ll remind you next Spring to get started.  Here’s how you do it though just so it’s in your mind and you can answer kids questions when they ask if they can plant one now.  ​
Share pictures of your pumpkins, big or small with us at lisaelygardens.com.
Start by clearing out a large area so the pumpkin vines have room to spread out.  The area also needs to get a lot of sun everyday!  It only took about 2 weeks for the first signs of the vine to pop out of the ground and then they grew like crazy.  
(We actually measured the vines growth and found a vine that grew six inches in one day! Woo! We knew big pumpkins were coming.)
Picture
Pumpkin vines love having tons of room to sprawl out. After 10 weeks, the first flowers start to bloom.  They’re usually yellow and big. The bees often cruise by and help pollinate the pumpkins.  And then you see it! The small pumpkin starts to form.
In late July and August the pumpkins start to pop up all over the place.  The orange balls start to grow at super speed. By the end of August, it’s like having our very own pumkin-mania!  Totally cool.
I feel very proud of our great big fat pumpkins.  The jumbo pumpkins are so big I can’t do anything with them but smile at them! 
I do know that people enter their giant pumpkins into contests and perhaps next year we’ll try to win a blue ribbon at the state fair but until then we’re just going to enjoy sitting around with our pumpkins! 

0 Comments

Patriotic Cinder Block Tablescape

7/3/2017

0 Comments

 
Earlier this week I made a fast and easy tablescape using cinder blocks as the base for floral arrangements. Today on the blog, I thought I would include the fast instructions and a few photos to show how the finished product came to life! 
Picture
This incredibly easy project takes a few minutes to accomplish a professional look. 
​After purchasing a few cinder blocks, outline your desired shapes in duct tape on the exterior of the block to prep for paint. I chose to place "stripes" on one and a 'star" on the other using strips of one inch tape. I then used spray paint to quickly coat the blocks. You can paint all sides by rotating the blocks if needed. 
Next, I removed the duct tape and allowed the blocks to dry. In the hot Southern California sun, this took about half an hour. But if where you are it's less warm, please wait about one hour before you begin planting to ensure the paint is dry. Also, acrylic paint will work great if you don't have spray paint handy. 
​Now for the best part. Place the dried blocks on your party table. Next, I used potted landscaping florals to gently place in to the center of the cinder blocks. I didn't even replant them! To keep your fantastic table cloths clean, I might suggest you  place some landscape fabric or even a piece of plastic underneath the flowers before placing them in the blocks. I made a fantastic video giving step by step instructions - you can watch it here: Patriotic Cinder Block Tablescape - FACEBOOK
by
 Patriotic Cinder Block Tablescape
Creating a POP of color for your Fourth of July table is easy and fast using cinder blocks as a base for your floral arrangments.
We are
Growing Enthusiasm
every day here at
Lisa Ely Gardens.

Check back with us for our Tip of the Week and remember to like, share, and comment over at our Facebook page! 
0 Comments

Zany Zucchini

6/19/2017

0 Comments

 
A great warm-weather plant to have in the garden is zucchini. For kids the big leaves, thick stems and bright yellow flowers are always interesting. Zucchini is a squash vegetable and  like my friends, they come in all shapes, sizes and colors. But like the other vining plants, zucchini plants are garden space hogs.  They have huge leaves and love to stretch their vines.​
If you don’t have a big area to plant zucchini, then try to find a bush type of zucchini. I’ve planted one called Gold Rush and it worked great because it grows into a small bush and still has a lot of yummy zucchini. The skin is actually a gold color rather than green like other zucchini.  It’s even small enough that you could grow it in a pot.  Cool huh?
0 Comments

    Author

    Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.

    Archives

    April 2020
    March 2020
    January 2019
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017

    Categories

    All
    Adventuring
    Art Projects
    Autumn
    Berries
    Beverages
    Brussel Sprouts
    Carrots
    Cilantro
    Cinco De Mayo
    Crafts
    Cucumber
    Desserts
    Dried Flowers
    Earth Day
    Entrepreneurs
    Experiment
    Fall
    Fiesta
    Finger Art
    Flowers
    Fresh
    Fresh Herbs
    Fruit
    FUN
    Fun Facts
    Games
    Garden
    Garden Decor
    Gardening
    Garden Markers
    Garden Spot
    Get Outside
    Growing Enthusiasm
    Halloween
    Harvest
    Healthy Eats
    Herbs
    HGTV
    Holidays
    Kid Fun
    Kids
    Kids Projects
    Landscape
    Lemonade
    Lemons
    Lettuce
    Lisa Ely Gardens
    Math
    Mint
    Mud
    Paint
    Parsley
    Pinterest
    Planting
    Plots
    Pumpkin
    Pumpkin Fries
    Pumpkins
    Rain
    Recipe
    Recipe For Fun
    Recipes
    Rock
    Rocks
    Salad
    Science
    Seasonal Activities
    Seedlings
    Seeds
    Sides
    Snacks
    Soil
    Spider
    Spring
    Squash
    Stones
    Strawberry
    Strawberry Lemonade
    Summer
    Summertime
    Sunflowers
    Superfoods
    Surveying
    Thanksgiving
    Tip Of The Week
    Today's Idea
    Tomato
    Vegetables
    Veggies
    Water
    Water Conservation
    Weeds
    When To Plant
    Yellow
    Zucchini

    RSS Feed

What families Are Saying

"OUR FAMILY loveS gardening together and we are always excited to see lisa when she visits our area.  her energy is endless and her ideas keep us playing in the garden all year!"
- TONY, SACRAMENTO, CA
​     

Contact Us

Picture

    Subscribe Today!

Submit