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My Parsley is Attracting Butterflies🦋
What's up with my curly parsley attracting butterflies here at Plains Cottage? Parsley is a well-known herb that may be used as a garnish...
The 5 BEST Things to See in Plains, Georgia
There are so many exciting and historical places in Plains, GA, so it can be difficult to figure out what to do on your visit. To make...
2021, One For The Books (Literally!)
Romancing our way into the year ahead, filled with pretty products and feel-good stories, it's hard to believe this one is coming to a...
Chapter One of My Cottage Books
True to the essence of Plains Cottage and my latest book collection release, I took inspiration from my historical 1907 home and the...
ARE YOU DREAMING OF A PINK COOKBOOK?
Hidden in between pink hardback covers are little recipes of dreamy goodness that is Plains Cottage. Make this coming year even sweeter...
Mary, Mary, What Is This?
Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your garden grow? 🌼🌱🌻 Well, with all plants that I’ve never heard of!🤣 Like this pretty dainty...
Should My Porch Be Haint Blue? A Paint Color With a Haunted Past
Haint blue is a collection of pale shades of blue-green that are traditionally used to paint porch ceilings in the southern United...
Plains Cottage: How My Historic Project Came To Be
I bought this ultimate fixer upper project: a cottage built in 1906! This historic cottage fixer upper project is the challenge of all...
My Favorite Easter Dinner Menu
Celebrate Easter with my favorite southern and delicious Easter menu straight from Plains Cottage here in good 'ole Plains, Georgia. You...
Rosemary: 5 Health Benefits & Medicinal Properties
Salvia rosarminus, commonly called Rosemary, is a woody, fragrant, perennial herb. One of my favorite herbs here at the cottage in fact!...
Plains Cottage: A Peek Into Her Past with a First Lady
This is the small southern town that reared a President and First Lady. And I am proud and honored to be neighbors of former President...
5 Simple Ways to Brighten up Your Home for Spring
Welcome to Spring here at the cottage! If you're here visiting for the first time, thank you! If you are returning, I appreciate you...
Easter Traditions You Will Find in Plains, Georgia
This is why I love Plains, Georgia... small town USA and good ole traditions rolled into one. Admittedly, there are a few aspects of...
5 Tools for Your Cottage Rose Garden
Ready… Set… GROW! This is what I'm saying in my head as I'm watering these plant babies. So I'm not the most patient person in the world,...
Jimmy Carter's Boyhood Farm | Plains, GA
My second home of Plains, Georgia has a rich and interesting history. It is home to some of the most amazing, friendly people you will...
Plain(s) & Simple Cookbook
Southern recipes and traditions that reared a President and First Lady. Here's a peak into this sweet cookbook that includes recipes...
SHE'S A DREAMER, AN AUTHOR, COTTAGE CORE LOVER, AND A ROMANTIC AT HEART...
Melisa Kennedy is the author and founder of Plains Cottage. She hopes to "Paint Plains Pink" with her enchanted vision.
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