The weather has been unpredictable and typical for winter here~ 60 degrees for a few days, then temps dropping to the 20s & 30s, thunderstorms, then a welcome snow shower. . . This cedar tree, a casualty of a thunderstorm and high winds came down, thankfully missing the house. Biding my time until spring, I…
I’ve been looking for bird feeders to hang near my Potting Shed. Inspired by a birdelier on Pinterest, original source here, I went to my local Habitat ReStore and found a chandelier to repurpose as a feeder. Originally polished brass, I found one for $8 I thought would work, despite a bent cup and broken arm…
Garden under glass with a terrarium for a fun winter DIY project to add a little green indoors. Easy and self-sustaining and best of all, no green thumb required! I consulted the almanac and decided that since Spring is still a couple of months away, February was the perfect month to Garden Under Glass! An escape…
I’m biding my time until Spring when I can enjoy some blooms and fill pots with flowers~ My Potting Shed front porch looked cold and my window box looked empty, stripped of its magnolia, pine & gazing ball for Christmas. . . So I tucked in some cozy layers of landscaping burlap around pots of…
While it’s January and gray outside with Spring two months away~ My dish garden :) is satisfying my craving for flowers and helping to chase away the January Blues! My Reliable Seeds have previously yielded a crop of cupcakes ~ and now offer up a Bouquet of Flowers~ Staffordshire Bouquet by Johnson Brothers, was picked at a…
I was the happy winner :) of Inspired You by Marian Parsons, aka, Miss Mustard Seed, graciously given away by Shirley at Housepitality Designs! While Miss Mustard Seed gets giddy over room makeovers, I get giddy over books :) “Some girls get giddy over a new pair of shoes. Marian Parsons gets giddy over room makeovers. With…
I’ve had lots of emails and comments about my Potting Shed we built this year. Here is a recap with the posts to date~ from the ground up! They are also permanently on a tab at the top of my page for easy access. This project was years in the making in the planning & procrastinating stage…
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I’m finally wrapping up my Christmas preparations! It seems to take me as long as I have to prepare~ If Thanksgiving falls a week early, it takes the extra week :) I had several Pottery Barn shopping bags this holiday season~ several were double bagged for the weight of my gifts & purchases. Too pretty…
I’ve spent more time decorating my Potting Shed than my house this Christmas season :) Santa came early and gifted me with a ladder to use in my Potting Shed, or rather a Hatherley Lattistep :) To big to be wrapped and go under the tree, it’s standing in as a tree of sorts, (thank…