Misc Fun Ideas

Here are a few pix that came across on my Facebook page, not sure where the source is - if any of you do - please let me know so I can give the proper credit.

 Pallet Garden Idea

 Interesting....

 Kind of Cool!

 Repurpsed 1 gallon jugs

 This is from Two Women and a Hoe

Sun in Shining - Fingers Getting Itching for the Dirt!

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The sun is shining today!  It has been a cold winter with flu bugs and colds and we are all really ready for the spring time season here in Idaho!  It warmed up to 39* today - that is like 70* warmer than it was - isn't that amazing!

Over the weekend, I tromped through the snow and cleaned out the greenhouse.  It started out just cleaning a little bit, but it was toasty warm inside 80* and I just kept cleaning! 

 The herbs are getting greener and growing, the strawberries are perking up and I have flowers that are about ready to bloom.  I scattered the last of the horse manure I had all over the back area and then watered really well.

Then our darling daughter helped me get all the pots and dirt sterilized, ready to be planted.

To sterilze the pots (They are in the bag for transport from the house) we soaked them in a bleach solution.  We dumped out the dirt and did a quick rinse outside, then took them in the house and put them in the bathtub.  We soaked them in a bleach solution of 9 parts water and 1 part bleach for 30 minutes.  Let them drain, then put them in the bag and back out to the greenhouse.

To sterilize the dirt - this was left over from last year that we didn't use and we didn't want any little critters hanging out.  We used this size metal bowl, filled it with the potting soil and baked it in the oven at 200* for 40 minutes. It took all afternoon to get it all done but it is ready to go.  We will be planting seeds this next week - just watching the night time temps.

Thanks for stopping by - I have been doing herb research and will talk about that in another post.

Have a warm week!

Side Yard - Fall 2012

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Wow I can't hardly believe it is September - so ready for the cooler temp's, but I feel like I missed a lot of summer because it was so hot.  All I did was move water from here to there and dash back into the house!  It is lovely now at our home in Idaho and I want to be outside everyday until the snow falls.

Here are some pictures of our side yard.  It is the place featured on my header.   Things have grown a lot since I took that picture.   Here it is looking at it from the patio side.  (The boards are to protect it from little people under 3 feet playing in the back yard.!)

Do you see the far end of this side? 

I have tried to grow several things here -  ground covers, plants etc and nothing will thrive. 

I have made an executive decision - I am going to cover it in bark chips and add a hammock to this area.  There is a pine tree that grows on the other side of the fence and I think it takes all the umph the ground has and the plants just don't flourish. 

I hope to get this done this fall and will post pix when that project is complete.

 The pots all have flowers in them I grew from seed - I was so excited that I was actually able to do it!

This is the view from the bottom of the side yard peeking over the fence to the play yard area.

The Centerpiece - The Pond

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Today I am grateful for Fall!

 I LOVE FALL!  It is one of the reasons I love living here!

My Flowers Grown From Seed

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Today I want to share pictures of  the flowers that are next to the fence around the play yard. 

 I am so happy with these because I grew them from seeds in our greenhouse.  They are heirloom seeds so I get to gather their seeds too! 

 I have never done that before and to think they actually grew, lived and bloomed is a pretty big deal!

Here is a picture of each side:

Today I am grateful for the blue sky! 

We can see it today - first time in weeks because of all the heavy smoke from the fires around us.

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Backyard Posies

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I love this time of year!  All the flowers are in full radiant bloom. Here are a few pictures of our backyard cutting garden. This is from the porch looking east.

This is from the yard looking more from the front of the garden.  I want to grab the flowers in my hands and just smell them!

This is down at the far end

Here are close up's of some of the flowers

This is a close up of the daisy's with one of my favorite helpers:

Here is the only picture I can find of the whole back yard. The cutting garden is to your left.  It was a swimming day last week.

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The word of the past few weeks has been HOT like most of you!  Our forecast is saying we are supposed to cool down into the 80's next week -- we are very ready! 
I am an Idaho Girl - extended 90's are not the norm here! 

Today I am grateful for all these amazing flowers blooming in my very own yard!  Thanks for stopping by! 

My Hops Vine!

My Hops Vine is doing great!  I found some resources about how to make this into yeast for making bread,  Here is the link:   Make Your Own Yeast

Play Yard

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We have a fun play yard but we are growing out of it. We decided to add a tire mountain - this is the party to get it started,

Painting Tires

Painting more of the play yard

Tires Finished

All Stacked Up

Here is a picture of the entire play yard - you can see the grass line where we expanded - still not finished, the heat has put a damper on working on it - we will work on it more when it cools down.  It is still fun and being used. 
In the back is the sound wall and the water wall.  
I will show those in another post.

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Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks for stopping by!

Today I am grateful for my darling grandchildren who love me and want to play at my house!

Have a great weekend.