Admittedly, when I planted Hydrangeas in the containers on my porch back at the beginning of summer, I had no idea if they would live or die. I even kept the plastic containers and receipts in the garage in case I had to return them to the store (the store worker assured me they were […]
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My Back Patio Update: Organize & Decorate
Earlier this week I showed you my simple Front Porch Update. I like simple updates. When you make several simple updates at once, it somehow creates a whole new feel. While working on updating our back patio, I wrote a list of simple independent updates I could do one at a time, because finding a […]
My Front Porch Update
After the landscape was finished (see about that HERE), the old porch furniture just seemed to be out of place. I mean, kind of faded and sad. I didn’t have a big budget for this, only $100. The flowers pushed me a little over, but I got pretty close to my budget goal. When I […]
My New Landscape is Done!!
When I showed you my less-than-delightful landscape over a month ago, I was sure I’d be able to show you the finished product a week later. Things went slower than expected. After Franco and his team cleared out the old, yucky stuff, it sat unfinished for a long time because the stone I wanted to use wasn’t […]
New Landscape!!!! (Before Photos)
After 2.5 years in this house, I finally convinced my husband to agree to re-doing our landscape. Notice how I never show you the front of my house? Yeah, because I don’t like my landscape! Ha! (Okay, probably just because the subject never came up, but you get the point.) The landscape artists are in […]
Gardening Inspiration
(My most beautiful masterpieces are sitting by our garden.) (Thinking optimistic thoughts of eating homegrown tomatoes this year!) (Firm believer! And that is one of my littles eating a cilantro leaf right after planting it.) (I’m reading The Secret Garden to my girls right now.) (Probably the biggest reason we keep trying a garden year […]
Organic Garden: Can We Do It?
Crazy us. We are going to try gardening. Again. We’ve been down this road before … and never really gotten anywhere. But try, try again! We will one day have green thumbs, even if I have to spray paint over the black myself. To add to the insanity of our attempt, we are going to […]