We have been working over the past month getting the bed beside our patio cleaned out and ready for a living fence. The neighbors have a deck coming off their second floor that looks right down onto our patio, so I have been longing for a little more privacy since we first moved in. We …
Category Archives: Starter Home Gardening
Red Cushion Reveal
Now to reveal what those red cushions from my organized closet post are from… We finally broke down and bought the patio conversation set that we have been ‘visiting’ at Garden Ridge for months now. I was really hoping we could hold out until the end of the season and get the set at a …
Weekend Project: Perennials
Home Depot had some of their perennials on sale this weekend, and since I don’t enjoy planting things, I choose them over annuals just about anytime I can. I picked up a few for the front and a few for the backyard. Here are the ones in the back yard in the early morning light: …
Backyard Friends
I am a little weird in that I have always wanted squirrels in our yard, ’cause I think they are hilarious to watch. We had never seen any, until now! We have a new fuzzy little friend visiting our feeder: He is actually a very considerate squirrel. He doesn’t rattle the feeder around too much …
New patio chairs!
For a while now, I have been trying to find a good deal on some patio chairs on Craig’s List. We found a pretty nice table at Lowe’s last year on sale, so we just really wanted some nicer chairs than the flimsy plastic ones we have been using. Most of the time what I …