4 Sweet Sisters

Do Monday's get you down? Getting back into the work week whether at home or away can be daunting, especially after a time change. I needed some Powergize to get me going today! Last spring I took the plunge and started purchasing inexpensive indoor plants. I wanted fresh, live green things in our home. I had no clue of what I was doing but I started with two, $1.99 flowering succulents. I then asked all my Face Book friends if they knew the names of my new friends. I watered them weekly and eventually the flowers fell off  and reflowered once. I thought they were on deaths door but I am happy to report a year later they are still alive! I am utterly amazed because somehow I find indoor plants to be harder to take care of than a newborn. Mondays are laundry and watering day around our home. I find that scheduling this activity for when I know I will be home for a large portion of the day means there is more of a chance I will water all the green things! Currently I have 2...

Ugh! Can I just say it gain? Uuuugghhhh . This what our garden looked like last fall. If you look at the top of the picture you can see the girlies swing set. The "ladies" coop used to be there. We moved it to the back of our garden now that we have more room. (We bought a section that didn't come with our original lot.) To be fair the area above is so barren because that is where the swimming pool sits. It's back up now but the "ladies" did almost the same thing to the rest of the garden over the winter and spring. Any ideas on what we should do with this site in the fall? I had planned a fire ring, but I really don't think it will be used much. Still thinking this idea through. We purchased this fence almost 2 years ago when one of the do-it-yourself stores had them on sale. The ladies love going onto our neighbors property but they also liked to wander up the next street. We had a long term plan for this fence. We knew eventually our neighbors-to-...

I really enjoy how the English use the English language. My favorite right now is the use of the word garden. It sounds so much prettier than backyard, although I do like a good back yard b-b- q ! If any of you have chickens and live in the city or suburbs you know that they pretty much take up all of your garden space. They love to hunt frogs and lizards , scratch for bugs, worms and dig holes. Oh no one told you of the holes they dig? That's so they can lounge in a refreshing dirt bath. Yah . Know one prepared me for that part. Consider yourself warned if thinking cute fuzzy chicks. In all seriousness we love our girls (the hens and the girlies that live in the house). I just have gotten soooo tired of walking out onto the back deck or anywhere else in the garden and stepping in slimmy poo. So this will be the first installment of taking the garden back. Superman (remember the guy and his shirt from yesterday?) built and put this screened room up for me two Mother's Day...

We are currently getting our home ready for sale with "Gazelle" intensity! I'm almost wiped out! But I wanted to tell you of my landscaping bargain! We were at Lowes picking up plants and mulch for the front yard and I was having a hard time paying $10 for landscape packs that I wouldn't see for much longer! Well they had a clearance rack! Yipee!!!! I found a couple of 18 packs of flowers for $4.50 each pack! They had already bloomed, but the plants were in wonderful shape. Well, I just looked outside and they are starting to bloom again! They also will discount broken bags of mulch and soil. Also, if you need to clean your carpets why not see if a friend needs to also. You can split a day rental or even a 1/2 day rental. Also at the depot you can pay 1/2 day rental after 5 pm and you don't have to bring it back in until the next morning! Have a wonderful weekend!