GeorgiaPeachez

Garden Upgrade

The fence in my garden was barely hanging on.

It was here when I moved in 8 years ago and was well worn then.

Let's just say, it had "patina".

Look, that terrier puts herself in every picture.

There were spots where she could stick her little terrier head right through and bark at every dog walking by.

Well, not anymore :->

Now it is terrier proof and quite handsome.  I gave my contractors a bit of a challenge with the design but they pulled it off.

There's that terrier again.  Such a ham.

 

Spring Flowers

Just because.

 

Rust for the Garden

When February rolls around in my neck of the woods my day dreams turn to my garden.  

The daffodils are blooming and  the first glimpses of the emerging garden are visable.

The latest issue of Flea Market Gardens magazine has really got me jonesing for some good garden junking too.

I love rusty stuff for the garden so I did a little armchair shopping over on Etsy and found some really great rust :->

I found this cutie over at PopsWeld.  Free shipping too.

There is some fabulous rusty stuff over at Beneath the Rust.

I love this guy!  Find him over at The Metalwerks.

Finally, how cool is this?!  Creative and rusty, what a combination.  Find this and more at Naya Studio. 

 

Some New Junk For the Garden

The thrift store gods were good to me this week when I found this awesome cast iron fireplace surround waiting for me at the DAV Thrift in Hampton.

I've got grand plans for this baby and it involves a "grotto".  Hmmmm......

This week began the Garden Rewards at my favorite local garden center, Countryside Gardens.  I've been saving up my coupons that were handed out with previous purchases (love that) and I bee lined right over there the first day to spend them.  But I didn't come home with any plants, instead I found this fabulous  old fencing.

I don't know how I had missed this before, but it was kinda tucked into a corner and when I found it, yippee :->

I love the heart shapes of the scrolls.  Perfect for the mandevilla vine to trail over.  

My Favorite Garden Time is Daylily Time

The best time of year in my garden is when the daylilies bloom.  I know that for a good solid month I will have daylily blooms somewhere in the garden.

Every year I add a few more.  I just can't help myself.

Aren't they just fabulous?

My Spring Garden

My gosh, how I love spring in the garden.  I never get tired of patrolling my garden to inspect and see what is popping up and how the plants are unfolding.

 

I just replanted one of my troughs.  I love trough gardens and I want to make a bunch of new troughs this year.

I love the chartreuse green color of new growth.

Three of anything makes a "collection" so I have a nice collection of old cast iron fire grates.  These were used for coal burning in the fireplace.

Sedums are one of my absolute favorite plants and I stick them into all my pots.  They make excellent planters for sedums and succulents.

Frogs are always welcome :->    

Gardens of China

I just returned from a fabulous trip to China.

Everything we saw and did was incredible and my favorite sites had to be the gardens.  They are stunning.

 

With names like Tiger Hill, Lingering Garden, Emperor's Garden and Yu Gardens how could they not be beautiful?

Peonies are a revered flower in China and I saw so many gorgeous ones.

Interesting signs too :->

Fresh Mulch Terrier Love

Fresh, warm mulch + terrier = love.

That little path between the trees is not for humans, but it's for the resident terrier .  She routinely blasts between those trees in hot pursuit of squirrels.  

I Love Weird Garden Plants

I've bragged before about my VooDoo lily.  Blooming right now in my garden is the Carrion Flower.  From the genus Stapelia this succulent has a large bloom that once it pops open smells a bit like carrion or dead meat.  That's because this weird beauty of the garden needs to attract flies for pollination.

See right there, it's working.  Several flies have found it already :->

Once this bloom pops open it's quite large, about 10 inches across.  It's got long fuzzy hairs on it too.  Awesome. 

Jaws in the Garden

A new (old) acquisition for the garden.

I 'caught' this guy on my last road trip.  Now he is swimming around my backyard garden.