Comments on: Saturday 5 https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saturdays-5 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:42:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 By: sandy https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-201102 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:42:46 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-201102 In reply to Sarah.

If you cut your hydrangeas and dip them in alum (a spice found in your local supermarket) the blloms are able to drink more water and stay fresh longer. Do this each time you change the water.

]]> By: Unknown https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-34546 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:25:45 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-34546 When I cut my hydranges I plunge them in water, and when I get them In the house, I fill the sink with water, recut the stems at an angle, and submerge the whole flower cluster into the water so they get hydrated really well. 20 min or more. They last for a long time. Then I let them dry in the vace, and have them for ever.

]]> By: Katherine https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-34536 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 02:58:38 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-34536 I brought hydrangea inside this fall and let them dry. Glorious big pom poms now sit in an antique crystal dish on the kitchen sideboard. Even when the temperature is cold and the snow is falling, these beauties make me smile. But I'd still love to have some of your west coast weather.

]]> By: Shanon at Vintage Sparkle Chic https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-34535 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 04:57:43 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-34535 Love it all!!

My hydrangeas always died after one day. Now I can have them last for weeks!! I cut them at an angle and dip the cut end in Alum (in the spice aisle). I do it every time they start wilting (3-5 days). So easy!! Good luck!

~Shanon

]]> By: LORY https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-34534 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 04:20:49 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-34534 In reply to Sarah.

I have the same problem, Courtney. Sometims I'll buy them hoping to use for a shoot the very next day and they've already wilted by the morning. Hope to try Sarah's idea… 🙂

Lory at Designthusiasm

]]> By: Unknown https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-34523 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 01:34:09 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-34523 I love your pictures Courtney! I had almond milk for the first time today in a latte- yum
Karen

]]> By: Courtney https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-34522 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:54:34 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-34522 In reply to Unknown.

Thank you Angela! Isn't that cup so cute? And Almond milk is amazing!! 🙂

]]> By: Courtney https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-34521 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:53:59 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-34521 In reply to Sarah.

Thank you Sarah! Trying that now as I have 3 droopy ones already. 🙁

]]> By: Unknown https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-34520 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:45:29 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-34520 I love the lens cap cup! So clever! I am a Vegetarian also and love my protein shakes with almond milk. Thanks for sharing!:)

]]> By: Sarah https://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/saturdays-5/#comment-34519 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:40:18 +0000 https://frenchcountrycottagenet.bigscoots-staging.com/2015/01/saturdays-5.html#comment-34519 Courtney, hydrangeas should last well over a week and usually over two weeks. If they droop, cut the stem and hydrate with warm water. I often recut the stems and freshen the water several times over the course of the time I have them in a vase. Love hydrangeas here. They always look fresh and pretty!
Beautiful posts this week. Every one of them!

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