Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts

22.11.09

'Tis the Season for Gardening!

Well I got up this morning feeling a little down. It was drizzling and that meant that we could not start our Christmas decorations. It was a bit of a pain, but one thing really brighten up my day. When I went out this morning my morning glory vine bloomed, for the very first time. It is just beautiful. There are a couple vines all growing on the same pole in front of my house, but this blossom is growing on the largest of the vines. I am just beyond thrilled. I did not plant these vines too long ago and already they are looking beautiful.
In other great flowering news, my azaleas are blooming. I have mini azaleas growing in front of my house. They were planted by the previous owner and bloom every year. They are not diseased it was just drizzling when I took the picture. I love the azaleas when they are in bloom, such a beautiful color. When they are not in bloom they do look subtly boring. Well I live in a small guest house on my parent's property, so they have their own garden, which I do help with from time to time. In there garden they have a sub citrus garden. Well their oranges are becoming ripe and it is wonderful! This is a picture of a piece of fruit we picked this morning. I am so proud of this orange it was beautiful, tasty, and I thought, could have been sold in a grocery store. YEA for gardening. Flowers are beautiful and inviting but it is hard to compare them to how satisfying eating the fruits of your labor are.
Yours in DIY-Glory
Ly

4.10.09

New Chenille Plant


One of my newest DIY project is my front porch area. Half of my porch is screened in, I wanted to add some color and elegance to that part of my porch. I had to consider the amount of light the plant would get. The woman at ACE Harware told me about this lovely Chenille. I think it is the wackiest looking thing. Definitely a conversational piece. I could play many poisonous caterpillar pranks with this baby. I love it. I think it brings a lot of character to my porch. Hopefully I will find many more awesome plants! Please, if you have any suggestions please send them in a comment. (I live in Jax, FL so it is humid and hot)


Yours in DIY Glory,
Ly