A Beautiful Saturday

It was a beautiful day with the high reaching 21C.

After spending the morning inside

Giving the house a good cleaning

From top to bottom,

I headed outside for the afternoon.

I did some clean up around the yard.

It is so nice to see things starting to grow.

Hubby spent the day replacing the brakes on my car.

I am glad to have that done.

It was such a beautiful day

It’s hard to believe snow is in the forecast tomorrow

But we do need the moisture.

It is extremely dry and fire bans are in place already.

Moisture, even in the form of snow will be appreciated.

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~Finding the amazing in the simple~

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Alana

Concrete Blocks to Planters

 

While removing an old dog run that was in our yard

we found a whole bunch of conrete blocks

underneath the gravel layer.

 

 

I immediately knew that they would be good for something.

 

 

They had obviously been used for other purposes before

as some had remains of white paint

while others had brown with turquoise peeking through.

 

 

So, the first step was to give them a fresh coat of paint.

I just used up some leftover paint we had kicking around.

I knew I wanted to make them into planters

and put them in front of the storage shed

that hubby had recently put up.

 

 

So I stacked them and filled the holes with dirt.

 

 

I then went hunting for some pansies

and finally found a few at a local greenhouse on clearance.

They were a little worse for wear but I figured

with a little TLC they would perk up.

 

 

And the little planters on each side of the door

just added that little extra touch it needed.

 

 

I do have some more plans for hubby's shed

but don't tell him that ;)

 

 

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Around the Yard and Garden

Whenever we are away I always wonder

how the yard and garden are faring

so one of the first things I do when we get home

is take a tour of the yard and garden.

This is the first flower bed you see when you drive in.

It is my only shade flowerbed

but it is thriving this year.

The daylilies add a wonderful pop of color.

I was concerned how some of my flower pots would do

without their daily watering but they were fine :)

The chili peppers turned from green to red.

 

The pumpkins and cantaloupe over doubled in size!

And the spaghetti squash is producing lots of squash

and baby watermelons are beginning to appear.

I have been so blessed with a very bountiful garden this year.

The beans are almost done for the season

and the peppers are large and healthy.

We were able to pick our first cucumber

and the corn is filling out.

The strawberries are continuing to produce

and are nice and sweet.

The flowers in the garden are blooming

and bring me such joy with their beauty

while I harvest the vegetables.

The bachelor buttons with their various colors.

Dahlias and stocks.

My forgotten garden is also coming along nicely.

The light blue mushroom almost glows

surrounded by greenery.

I added this little solar light with a blue jay on top.

The blue jay is my daughter's favorite bird.

If you look closely near the back

you can see another solar light with a cardinal on top.

Cardinals are my favorite birds.

I also added a trellis in the corner.

It was wonderful to come home and see

all the beautiful blooms.

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The Forgotten Garden

Do you have a corner of your garden

that tends to get neglected?

I have a little nook in the corner of our house

that seems to get forgotten about every single year.

It has potential so I said to myself

that this would be the year it would not be neglected.

So I went out and cleaned out all the weeds.

As you can see the one section wasn't left with much greenery.

I dumped in bags of good black earth and compost.

And gave this little garden a name.

Once something has a name it suddenly isn't forgotten anymore :)

Once I started talking about what I wanted to do with this little space

everyone got in on helping create it.

The little elf I found at an estate sale.

This mushroom I made way back when

when I was still in Junior High School.

My mom had kept it all these years

and when she heard about the garden

she thought that is where it belonged.

The cute little frog is a sprinkler

that my son gave to me many years ago for Mother's Day.

This little house I found at a thrift store.

I love the little butterflies dangling from the roof.

And this little fairy my daughter donated from her room.

The Tiger Lilies are just beginning to bloom

adding some vibrant color to this little corner.

I also added some African Daisies

hoping they will add some more color

as the summer progresses.

And this pretty pink Baby's Breath.

Even though my little garden is called the Forgotten Garden

it is no longer forgotten.

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