Art portfolio and blog of Isabel Honkonen
I finally got the hang of it with my Luffa gourd, after initially producing 1 Luffa Gourd I started researching why my plant only produced 1 Luffa Gourd when it had tons of yellow flowers. Well, I found out that the plant was full of male flowers and I need female flowers to bear fruit,…
Continue reading ➞ Luffa update in the garden
This painting was finished 2 days ago but due to hurricane Irma preparation, I have not been able to post. Currently, Irma is kicking South Florida's butt and as I receive the play by play from my mother who is currently going through it and is experiencing 100+ winds I needed to get my mind…
Continue reading ➞ Fresh off the easel…
So... for several weeks now I have been working casually on a painting that really reminds me of my father, he fell in love with the songs and lyrics of this artist that my husband introduced him to and as his medical condition worsen and cancer continued its path of destruction he would listen to…
Continue reading ➞ Fresh off the easel…
Well, this is how the butternut squash plant is looking right about now and it has plenty of squashes. Today I decided to pick one, maybe a little early but I couldn't resist and it came in at 7 lbs. 7.9 ounces, I can't imagine how big it would of been if I left it…
Continue reading ➞ Progress in the garden…
O'my, what 2 buckets of seashells from going to the beach on the weekends and a gallon of $9 "oops" granite texture paint for concrete from my local home improvement store inspire me to do. I'll tell you, I love going to the paint department every time I go to my favorite orange home improvement…
Continue reading ➞ Oops…I did it again…
So I've been busy in the garden as you saw in my previous posts, I've been playing in the dirt for the past few months trying to get my garden oasis which still has a long way to go. Here are some pictures from last year comparing the growth and changes. Avocado located left back…
Continue reading ➞ Playing in the dirt…
So in my previous post, I shared my seed sorting and now that I have these seeds you might ask me, what the heck are you doing with them. Well, they get planted every where and anything from up cycled strawberry containers, egg containers, sandwich bags (well those I'm using for propagating roses) of just…
Continue reading ➞ Seed Crazy…
