Kelly's Garden, Part 1

When my friend Kelly reached out to me at the beginning of 2020 about planning out a cutting garden at her house, I was thrilled.

Tessa PinnerJanuary 25, 2021Comment

Garden Update | November 2020

After September’s property disappointment, we have greatly retooled our winter plans - really, all of our plans.

My GardenTessa PinnerDecember 1, 2020Southern Gardening, Cottage Garden, Welcomecroft Comments

Favorite Annual and Self-Sowing Flowers

I take the model of perennial plants and even shrubs as the garden’s “backbone” with pockets of annual planting that must be “flipped’ multiple times a year.

Garden Update | October 2020

We have casually watched the property market in our area for a few years now, but after losing an offer on a 20-acre property, we have been haunting the real estate sites daily.

My GardenTessa PinnerOctober 24, 2020Southern Gardening, Welcomecroft, Cottage Garden Comments

My Garden Reading List for 2020-21

I narrowed my book list down to a dozen that I’m planning to work through by the end of 2021.

Porch TalksTessa PinnerOctober 23, 2020Southern Gardening, Homestead, Education, Book ListComment

30 Truths I Learned From Running My Own Business

In honor of my 30th birthday, I decided to write a list of 30 things that I’ve learned while starting and running a creative small business this last decade.

Porch TalksTessa PinnerOctober 9, 2020Wh, Busin Comments

Garden Update | September 2020

The garden is tired, too. I’d like to think that we’re sympatico: two weary travelers, ready for a long winter’s nap.

My GardenTessa PinnerOctober 1, 2020Welcomecroft, Homestead, Southern Gardening, English Garden Comment

Garden Update | August 2020

August 2020, in which the lady ventures back out into the garden and confronts the result of neglecting it for much of the summer.

My Garden, HeartTessa PinnerSeptember 3, 2020Wholehearted, Welcomecroft, Southern GardeningComment

Why I Chose to Attend Community College

Maybe someone needs to hear this; I know that it would have helped me to hear it a few years ago, and I’m always encouraged when people share stories of unconventional career and life paths.

Heart, Porch TalksTessa PinnerAugust 11, 2020Wholehearted, Heartfelt, Education, Career AdviceComment