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Mel

@rainydaycottage.bsky.social

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🌈 Making the best queer cottage life in suburban Leduc, AB. Gardening, crafting, sourdough. Traditional skills without traditional values. Zone 3 🇨🇦

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Aug 18

Best of the garden mid August 🌼 #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

Flower arrangement with dahlias, zinnias, bergamot, yarrow, scabiosa, echinacea, tomatillo, cerinthe.

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thank you ❤️ they really are their best this time of year

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Aug 2

Best of the garden from the first week of August. #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

Flower arrangement with cosmos, zinnia, dahlias, rudbeckia, monarda, cerinthe, bupleurum, statice, and sweet peas.

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 18

Very cool, I've never been out that way. Happy to find another cool Albertan on bsky ❤️

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 18

The skies are some of the best parts of being here ❤️

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 18

Hard to beat a sunset after a thunderstorm. #Canada #thunderstorm #yeg #leduc #outdoors #nature #weather #zone3 #alberta

Sunset rays peeking through dark clouds over a yellow canola field in bloom

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 18

We have different types of crab spiders, but they make me laugh every time, throwing their hands up when I come across them. 🤍

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 17

When I first started my garden, I said I would never have orange, yellow, or red flowers. Here we are now. 🌼 #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

Flower arrangement with Sahara rudbeckia, calendula, eryngium, yarrow, marigold, bupleurum, tomatillo, amaranth, strawflower.

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 15

I have a pocket gopher destroying my garden, but the flowers have never looked better. I'll take what I can get. #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

Bouquet of dahlias, cosmos, scabiosa, bupleurum, chamomile, feverfew, strawflower, yarrow, and eryngium.

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thank you! ❤️

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 12

Some bouquets to give away at the wellness clinic where we get our massage therapy 💗 #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown #flowers 🌱🇨🇦

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 12

Stunning, so elegant 🤍🤍🤍 thank you for sharing

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 11

Celebrating the first dahlia of the year, Ferncliff Rusty #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown #dahlia #flowers 🌱🇨🇦

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 7

Overnight explosion of Scabiosa. #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

Flower arrangement of white and blue scabiosa flowers, complimented by calendula, yarrow, cornflower, salvia, sage, dicentra, strawflower, and eryngium.

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 3

Look veeeery close you can see one of the dozens of tiny blue damselflies hanging out in the garden yesterday evening. #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

Blue damselfly resting on a bowing agrostemma bud.

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jul 3

Finally, after a few days of warm weather, the garden is finding its summer rhythm. #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jun 30

It was fun to play around ❤️

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jun 29

Still no focal flowers, but lots of yarrow. Played around with making a single flower arrangement. #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

Stems of pastel yellow yarrow arranged in a grey blue ceramic vessel.

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jun 26

Beautiful! Hope they reseed this year for you ❤️

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jun 26

Sounds absolutely amazing 😍

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you so much ❤️

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jun 25

I have no focal flowers right now, so it's tiny hand-tied bouquet season where marigolds and calendula are the stars. 🌼 #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

Tiny bouquet in a pitcher with calendula, burning embers marigolds, yarrow, chamomile, agastache, and smooth blue aster.

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Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jun 22

I love the curving rock accents and plant choices ❤️

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thank you ❤️

Mel @rainydaycottage.bsky.social · Jun 20

First bloom for the only rose in the garden 'Chinook Sunrise'. #Bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #zone3 #canadiangarden #cottagegarden #cutflowers #grownnotflown 🌱🇨🇦

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