zinnias – County Gardening

November 5, 2025Chris Mousseau

(Not quite) Wordless Wednesday – Frosted

My Zinnias were toasted by the first hard frost Saturday night. At first light Sunday morning they resembled frosted flakes.

October 13, 2025October 12, 2025Chris Mousseau

In a Vase, on Monday – A Thanksgiving Trio

Given it’s almost mid October and we’ve already had a couple nights of light frost, I thought I’d cut the two or three dozen best looking Zinnia blooms yesterday and bring them indoors to decorate today’s Thanksgiving dinner table. Better than having them turn to mush still standing in the garden! Butterflies and honey bees […]

September 29, 2025Chris Mousseau

In a Vase, on Monday – Short and Tall

A pair of fabulous pink Zinnias was blooming in the Zinnia patch last week so I cut one for today’s vase…took photos…uploaded to computer and realized this morning as I was writing this post that the fabulous one was at the ‘back’ of the vase and you can’t even see it. Happy I also took […]

September 1, 2025Chris Mousseau

In a Vase, on Monday – Pink etc

Cathy, who writes Rambling in the Garden and hosts this weekly collection of flowers cut from our gardens, is featuring a plethora of pink blooms today. Quite by coincidence, I also chose, while strolling through my gardens late yesterday afternoon, pinkish flowers for my vase today. We’ve had a bit of rain in the past […]

August 4, 2025Chris Mousseau

In a Vase, on Monday – The Zinnia Patch

Just getting this post in under the wire with less than an hour to spare before sundown, joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden with a vase of flowers cut from my garden. The flowers themselves were cut 12 hours ago, and I did take a few photos then, but wanted to also give them […]