3-in-1 garden project update:

With the week off from work, things are moving well on garden projects. Painting the benches has sped along, and I made the opportunity to spray metal wall hangings I’ve been gathering for fence panels for the flower beds. Both spray painting projects lead to a third: I cut some canvas panels for dropcloths to […]

bench project, phase 1:

Yesterday, I started into the bench project, cleaning off dirt, rust and cobwebs, cutting off rusted nuts and bolts… I removed the wood trim and inlays on the fancy bench: next step: wood hardener and likely filler I cut “dropcloths” for spraying. This is for an experiment to make my own textile print for the […]

score for a garden project

FB Marketplace actually paid out today. I have been looking to gather more seating for the garden. Of course, I want things that are old and hefty and beat-up and gorgeously worn-out. And I found them in one lump sum. They were enough of a deal that the replacement lumber shouldn’t hurt too terribly much. […]

today’s project:

I finished and planted a bed I started at the beginning of the month. It is across from the okra bed in front of the sitting patio on the far side of the garden. I began before the heat of the day, weeding, digging, adding topsoil, and setting border stones, gravel and pavers. I took […]

this month, in the garden

Here, enjoy a photo-dump of June’s progression in our garden:

more lilyfest, plus a walk through the garden

Lilyfest 2023 has hit its peak, with nearly all performers having taken the stage. Walking the garden after taking in Lilyfest, various wonders abound:

this week, in the garden

I have been busy in the garden: weeding, planting, tending, expanding. I have added two news flower beds, well, a new bed in front of the garden fence and expanded another behind it. The new bed is the first to break away from the garden fence line on the front side: The expanded bed is […]

today, in the garden

I spent some time in the garden doing light weeding and such, considering the heat. I am happy to have gotten photos prior to the rainstorm.

lilyfest 2023!

today is opening day of lilyfest 2023!

lighting the path

The solar chandelier needed new solar lamps. I found such a great deal at Big Lots!, a box of ten for thirty. The chandelier needs a new home, since solar edison bulbs are going up in the pergola and will be bright enough to prevent the chandelier from lighting. I liked the pathway lights so […]