Creaky Kitchen Ep. 6
In this episode, Chantelle prepares a pasta primavera and patient council member, Charis Hill, shares their favorite tips for gardening with arthritis.
ARRANGING SPRING FLOWERS - Part Two!
The snow is melting, the days are getting longer and the robin has arrived, heralding the arrival of spring. Time for our lesson on ARRANGING SPRING FLOWERS - Part Two!
Without further adieu, grab your clippers and tools and let’s get started. ARRANGING SPRING FLOWERS – PART TWO will brighten your day, guaranteed!
SIMPLE TULIP ARRANGEMENT
1) If you struggle to pull together a look using different types of flowers and greens, this arrangement is for you. Since we’re using only tulips, we decided to use three different colours - feel free to use only one colour if you plan to place the arrangement in a room of neutral tones.
When selecting your bunches of tulips remember, more is more. Using three bunches of tulips sure looks nice, but placing six or seven bunches into a vase or container will be pure wow!
2) Select a vase or container that will be big enough to give the blooms a bit of room. Tulips continue to grow even after they’re clipped, so using a “V” shaped container gives them ample room to stretch and bloom.
3) Prepping your tulips involves nothing more than trimming them down so they sit 6 to 8-inches above the rim of the vessel. When trimming your fresh flowers, remove excess and damaged leaves and cut all of the flowers to the same length.
4) Finally, if using multiple colours, mix them up before gathering and placing them into the vase.
CARE – We suggest adding room temperature water every day as cut flowers drink up a lot. We also suggest taking the flowers out of the vase every two days to give the bottoms a fresh cut. Lastly, never place cut flowers in direct sunlight as they'll wilt in the heat. Follow these tips and your simple tulip arrangement should last up to 6 days.
CONTAINER TRIBUTE
1) This lovely, fresh display is long lasting and requires minimal maintenance. Start by selecting a container pot, and place in it a piece of floral oasis cut to size, about an inch below the lip of the container.
2) Slowly add room temperature water until the oasis is completely soaked.
3) Select your favourite green and cut it into 3 or 4-inch lengths, inserting the cut greens about an inch down into the oasis. Continue adding cuttings to create a full dome shape of even height. We used ruscus for this arrangement, but you can also use salal, euonymus, laurel and even eucalyptus.
4) Take short pussy willow branches, trimmed to about 8-inches, and insert them in and amongst the greens.
CARE – Super simple - just feel the oasis every day or so, adding more water when it’s a bit dry to the touch.
ASSORTED BLOOMING BULBS
1) This arrangement is especially pleasing because we used bulbs just on the verge of opening. Look for inexpensive, small pots of spring bulbs. Purchase pots of identical size - ours were all 4-inch. This will ensure they are all of the same height when we transplant them into a shallow container.
We suggest using a variety of different bulbs, and consider whether you want to include different colours and scents as well - scented options include hyacinth, some species of daffodils and muscari.
2) Remove the bulbs from their plastic pots and arrange them in the containers. We placed the tallest bulbs in towards the centre of the pot and the rest around them.
3) Once you’ve placed your bulbs into your chosen container, fill the gaps between with potting soil.
4) Cover the soil with sheet moss and add a touch of water to ensure the soil is damp but not soaking.
CARE – Place in a warm location and watch them spring forth and bloom. Add a little water to the moss and soil every few days to keep it damp.
We hope you try our suggestions for ARRANGING SPRING FLOWERS – PART TWO. Looking for more ideas? Check out our video from last year.
ARRANGING SPRING FLOWERS – PART TWO is all about displaying fresh flowers in your home to welcome the arrival of this joyous season!
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