Fall Garden

I can't believe I never posted about our garden this summer!

I just went to write up a post about the fall garden and found

that I never posted about the beginning of our garden.

I guess I posted about it on facebook and never did it here.

So here it is and when you get to the end of the post you'll 

see why I was posting about the garden in the fall.

The garden in the front of our house has been awful for 

quite some time and we finally decided that something

needed to be done with it.

Last summer Dave, shaped the garden, but we never got 

anything more done with it.

this year we were determined to get it finished.

He worked hard on breaking up the soil.

We went to the nursery and got some plants and he 

put them in.

And he did a great job!

Right behind him it looks like there is a little bush

or tree there.  What is actually in the picture are some 

branches that had been cut off a tree. 

I had put them there just to get an idea of what it would

look like with another plant there.

We weren't sure what to put there, 

then Dave came up with an idea.

Our daughter had moved from her apartment and

was getting rid of this bookshelf.  I decided that I wanted

to give it a make over of some kind and we had it stored in

the garage.  Dave thought it might be great for that spot in the

front garden.  So that's what we did.

We had some pieces of hand painted china that were

our Aunt Bea's and that's where we started, then I added a planter

that had been my Mom's, we went to Saver's and picked up a few

other pieces, including a clock that was so ugly that it 

was cute and we had to have it.

I took all the pieces and my hot glue gun and went to 

work.  I glued everything down to the shelves.

Then I staked it into the ground and we had a cute

addition to our garden.

Something a little different and fun.

I think it looks great.

Unfortunately the plants in the planter didn't do well,

so I took them out and put in some silk flowers,

they did much better.

We added this little watering can,

and this bunny that was Mom's.

Here are some of the carpet roses, they 

grew beautifully and as of this writing there were

still flowers on the bushes.

The hydrangeas were beautiful too.

Not the kind we are used to, but pretty none the less.

As it got later in the season, they changed color

to pink and then an even darker pink.

The portulaca grew beautifully and had 

gorgeous bright colored flowers.

I wish I had a picture when they were at their

peek, the plants were loaded with flowers of 

almost neon color.

Now it is fall and the border of portulaca are

done and it was time to do some fall decorating.

I took everything off the shelves, it was a little worse

for wear, but still sturdy.

The glue wasn't hard to get off at all, I'm sure, due

to the hot and cool weather, but everything was in 

good shape to keep for the spring or summer.

I had picked some things up in thrift stores and craft stores,

so I got to work arranging and gluing again.

Now we are set for the fall.  

I'm not sure if we'll keep the shelf out for the winter, 

or put it away in the garage until spring.

We do get some pretty awful weather in the

front of our house, so it might be best to take it in.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you'll come again soon and see

what's happening on 

Kristie Kreates.