Daily Face:June 19th

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What's Blooming & Garden Tools Hangout

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 I love to garden and play it the dirt. I have not always been a fan of succulents but they are growing on me. My friend gave me a piece of her stick plant. Recently I went to an estate sale and purchased the donkey tail plant. It was calling me to save it.

Stick Plant in the back

Donkeys  Tail

Peppers

So what's blooming? I planted peppers for my husband. I however do not care for my tongue to be on fire, I prefer a little spiciness.
The other day as I was looking out the car window I spotted a beautiful garden. I wondered why my garden did not look like that, then it hit me, they had more vibrant pinks in their garden so I added a new pink perennial and I love it. "Belleza Dark Pink Gaura" also the Mardi Gras Helen's Flower is blooming.

Belleza Dark Pink Gaura

Mardi Gras Helen's Flower

 Garden Tool Hangout

 While at an estate sale I saw a brass fireplace set. I didn't need another for our fireplace, but I really liked the way it look. I was wondering how I could re-purpose it when I had a great idea. I could use it for my garden tool hangout. Also the broom and other accessories could probably also be used some way in my garden. Now whatever area I'm working in I will have tools in reach and I won't have to lay them down and forget where I put them.

Brass Tool Hangout

Cast Iron Tool Hangout

 If you want to find different whimsical garden decor  try estate sales. I purchased this garden planter for $15. It was in a greenhouse. I planted it with different herbs. You can't tell but it has three draws and of course the shelving on the bottom. I decided to place my tin blue and white plates there since I have it outside on my patio. Also the white lace tower is from another estate sale, it was a set of three for $5. The picture below is from a book I'm reading called Passalong Plants by Steve Bender and Felder Rushing. My husband says it looks like trash but I would love to visit this garden.

What's Blooming in my Garden

 This is a Crocosmia "Eva" Lily it requires little care. I love the vibrant color it adds to my garden. I am one of those gardeners who loves to plants perennials.

When I think of enjoying my garden these are the dreams in my head. I would love to build a table around a shady tree or have a sunroom with overgrown plants. How dreamy! 

These photos are from the book by Caroline Seebohm "English Country"

What's Blooming in My Garden?

 My plans for my greenhouse have not come into reality yet, but I still have hopes and dreams. I love to see my beautiful flowers blooming, they filled my heart with gladness. I have also been harvesting my fruits and vegetables. However something has eaten all of my kale. Once it was large enough to start eating I would go out and get some to put in our daily nutribullet juice drink. I guess it was ready for the critters too because they ate all of it. I guess I need to find a natural deterrent to keep them off.

Harvest kale

Kale in my garden

Sketch a Day and Gardening

I read an article that stated that soil has a natural antidepressant called Mycobaterium vaccae. No wonder I feel so good when I'm playing in the dirt. The sketch is from my Sketch- a-day Sketchbook which I stopped using because of  the very cheap paper (it bleeds).
 I had my husband to start picking up pallets for me. I am determined to build my green house and start a pallet vegetable garden. I've chosen an area in my yard. I love what Mavis Butterfield of One Hundred Dollars a Month does with pallet gardening. Also I found a cute greenhouse from Apartment Therapy Gardening. Its not too big or too little. And for extra inspiration I posted more flowers from yard and garden.

Pallets

Inspiration for pallet garden

Inspiration for green house

Side view

Quick layout of my garden plans

Bearded Iris

Lady Banks Climbing Rose

Pretty Purple flower?

The large flower pot on left has strawberries

CED: Festive - I'm Dreaming

Here is my submission for the first week of December's Creative Everyday. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. I know a lot of the northerners are tired of snow, but I miss it. I grew up in New Jersey and lived in Colorado for a while, living in the south leaves me dreaming of snow. It makes everything more festive. However not a blizzard, I've been through that before.

Dreaming

Fourborne has been Gardening

Recently I wrote a post about gardening, which inspired me to get back out there in the dirt. The new house we moved into doesn't have the yard space as my old house, but I like it. Hostas had already been planted in backyard, however I had to move some of them, also I split some of them so I would have more. I made a little green house but I want a real one made with recycled windows. I only have two windows but I hope to keep collecting until I have enough to do what I want. I placed two new frogs in my garden and two bird houses. Although one is not a real bird house it's a cabinet that I am using to store some of my gardening tools. I found a bench while I was cleaning the yard. I hope to repair it. The arms are cast iron. I made a path with some tiles I found behind the shed. A pathway always seems enchanting.

Hosta Frances Williams

Hosta Empress Wu

Hosta Silver Bay

Heuchera (Coral Bells)

Hosta Sum and Substance

Hosta Blue Angel

The Frog Prince

Kerme G

Tool Bird House

Thrift store find

Bird House

The Dream

Beginning of Green House

The Enchanted Dream

Vegetables Growing

Old bench I found while cleaning up yard

I made a pathway

Hosta Lakeside Baby