They are so beautiful and green. I can't wait to plant them this weekend. We are still trying to figure out exactly where in the backyard to plant them so more details on that to come.
Getting excited about having tomatoes right in my own backyard!
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Showing posts with label plant. Show all posts
Thursday, April 22, 2010
My plants are here
My plants from Burpee Home Gardens arrived on my doorstep today.
They are so beautiful and green. I can't wait to plant them this weekend. We are still trying to figure out exactly where in the backyard to plant them so more details on that to come.
Getting excited about having tomatoes right in my own backyard!
They are so beautiful and green. I can't wait to plant them this weekend. We are still trying to figure out exactly where in the backyard to plant them so more details on that to come.
Getting excited about having tomatoes right in my own backyard!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
spring planting
This past weekend I decided to take full advantage of having my mom, an avid gardener, and my brother, a landscape designer, in town. We had a long bed in the front of our house, a bed in the back and some shrubbery to work on. Lucky for me they were all in!
They arrived in town on Saturday morning and after they settled in we went outside to assess the situation, discuss our options (based on the way the house faces, the sun/shade exposure, the grade of the ground etc.), make notes and so on. After we had a game plan we headed out to a few local nursery shops.
We piled flowers and plants into the back of my car, got some mulch and a new pot for the front porch and made our way back to the house to begin the dirt-y work. ha! It took us, in total, about 4 hours (including removal of old shrubbery, ground prep, shopping, planting, clean up, dumping).
Front:
Combination of Mums, Impatients and Calanbais.
potted Geranium on newly transformed pot stand
Back:
combination of Green Potato vine (which will fill in as ground cover), Caladiums and Gardenias.
We are pleased!
They arrived in town on Saturday morning and after they settled in we went outside to assess the situation, discuss our options (based on the way the house faces, the sun/shade exposure, the grade of the ground etc.), make notes and so on. After we had a game plan we headed out to a few local nursery shops.
We piled flowers and plants into the back of my car, got some mulch and a new pot for the front porch and made our way back to the house to begin the dirt-y work. ha! It took us, in total, about 4 hours (including removal of old shrubbery, ground prep, shopping, planting, clean up, dumping).
Front:
Combination of Mums, Impatients and Calanbais.
potted Geranium on newly transformed pot stand
Back:
combination of Green Potato vine (which will fill in as ground cover), Caladiums and Gardenias.
We are pleased!
Monday, April 5, 2010
little transformation
During our garage project I came across this cute little pink table that I got in college for our front porch. The table was originally hot pink but over the years it had taken a beating and was not a little rusty and turned a very pale pink. So, I had an idea for a new use of this table and went to work.
Before:
I found a very spring-like warm green color can of spray paint in the many boxes we cleaned out and knew it would be a perfect color for my sad little table. I sanded it down and put a few coats of spray paint on it.
After:
The table is now a pretty green plant stand for my front porch! Voila!
Before:
I found a very spring-like warm green color can of spray paint in the many boxes we cleaned out and knew it would be a perfect color for my sad little table. I sanded it down and put a few coats of spray paint on it.
After:
The table is now a pretty green plant stand for my front porch! Voila!
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