ARTFULLY AVOIDING THE LANDFILL (& driving my husband crazy) ONE PIECE OF JUNK AT A TIME
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7/3/10

Garden Goodies



We are fortunate to have many garden areas out here on the acreage... along with a great deal of junk to fill them with.

Someone was very talented to create that metal tulip.  I put it inside a hole in the axle between those two metal wheels to keep the wheels from rolling away!  The hunk of iron between the wheels came off my washing machine I told you about here.  I threw some insulators in the flower bucket, know why?  They prevent the cats from napping in there : )



This rusty old heavy duty oil can doesn't really fill the bird bath, I just pretend it does.


I found this cute, slightly cracked, casserole out in one of the sheds too.  She's sitting atop an old tractor seat under the rain spout to kinda sorta hide the ugly thingy under the rain spout.


A variety of chicken pans and feeders tickled my fancy too.



One of my favorite spots is the windmill garden.

All those bricks came with the place.  They were lovingly hauled to this farm from the previous owner's grandmother's home when her house was razed.  I redesigned the pathway to encircle the windmill and I love the river rock fill.  It only took us 5 years to figure out how to do it : )



Then there's Harry.  I don't normally name my plants, but this one was just begging for a name.


 I had to post a contest to see what this crazy thing actually was.  It's a 1920's cream separator!

Then we have our volunteer wildflower areas too.  I love the no maintenance of these beauties : )

Dolly Llama knows how to enjoy the shade on hot summer days.


Pete, the peacock loves to hide in the Day Lilies.

Look.  Just when I work my way around the house making areas look nice, it's time to start the weeding all over again.


Finally, there is this monstrosity to deal with:


She has her charm, that's for sure and she has had some wonderfully beautiful days in the past, but winter was hard on her.  Huge tree limbs punctured the liner and she no longer holds water.  Maybe she will become a dry bridge?

I'm linking up my garden goodies here this week:



Have a Safe and Happy Fourth!



4/28/10

Terra Cotta Brick Address

After spending hours and hours and weekends and weekends picking up the sticks and branches that blanketed our little acreage all winter, I stole a little time this past Saturday to start planting flowers.  One of the ideas I've come across over and over again in blogland, is numbered flower pots that display your address.  I loved the idea and knew I could do it, what I didn't know was how difficult it would be to find four flower pots to work with!  So, I improvised.



I found some old terra cotta bricks laying around with nothing better to do and decided they would work just fine. The old cart I planned to display them on was not level, so I knew I needed to mark them where they would sit to make sure the numbers would be straight.  The next obstacle was finding a piece of chalk to mark the bricks.  You'd think with all these kids running around here I'd be able to find one little piece of chalk.  No such luck!  But, guess what?  Pepto Bismol tablets work just as well : )



I made the numbers by cutting them out of card stock with my Silhouette Craft Cutter and simply traced around them with a pencil - being very careful to line them up on my Pepto Bismol lines, of course!  Then I painted the numbers with Plaid Outdoor Acrylic paint.  One coat is all it took and it was amazingly easy to accomplish.


The bricks are a foot tall, a bit much for filling with potting soil, so I gathered a few misplaced rocks from the lawn and filled each one about half full before adding the soil and finally the plants.


When all was said and done, I was pleased with the way it all worked out!


Don't you just love the old cart?  Absolutely everything in this picture was found out here... and there's plenty more to be found and put to good use!  I'm just lovin' how the flowers are working with all the old junk!


A large old bottomless pail, some chicken wire to form a basket, rusty old cable wire to secure it all and some leftover coconut fiber liner made a perfect home for these beauties.  I'm lovin' it... so much I'm sharing it on Donna's Funky Junk Saturday Night Special!  

Be sure to hop over there and see the magnificent display of talent!   


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