Tuesday, March 27, 2012

A Giveaway and more Garden news

I just discovered a darling Etsy shop, blog and FB page...My Stitches to Treasure...Deb Bures is giving away this wonderful prim sheep to celebrate her year anniversary on Etsy...
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isn't he beautiful? I sure think so anyway and hope you enter ...would be cool of one of my readers would win......
she has a lovely Etsy shop......My Stitches to Treasure ...her stitchery is wonderful...I am so tempted as I can't use my sewing machine right now with so many  in our little house...no room! we lost so much in our fire two years ago....its been fun picking up a few new things for the holidays...I put her shop on my favorites....

The storm we expected came in like a lion on Sunday afternoon and rained most of the day and into the night..clearing off yesterday....Alan did manage to build 3 more raised beds...he calls them planters....they are completed now and next on the agenda is getting some compost and amendments to add to our natural soil....there is a company not too far from us that sells such things, and fairly cheaply if you bring your own truck..a truck load is about $30 which will would be all we would need......we have a neighbor who has a truck.....
this is so basic right now.....but coming together.....Alan also trimmed our jasmine and sago palms..the very front wooden planter boxes are planted with sunflower seeds which do very well for us.....and will attract birds....the ground will be covered with the grass mats so we won't have to worry about weeds....I plan on having some pots of flowers here and there too....

I cleaned out the flower beds and planted some dutch iris...
the flower beds are new for us too having just been dug last year......before the yard was all grass, but as the kids are grown now, we just don't need all that lawn anymore..but are leaving an area for our grandson to play on.....plus the clothes line.....I would like to completely fill the flower beds with iris and day lilies eventually...
all this exercise has been so good for both of us...Alan's blood sugar has gone down!
Posted by Anonymous at 9:46 AM

5 comments:

  1. Karen~The Barely There Primitive BearMarch 27, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Thanks for the heads up on the sheep, I am going to check out her blog. Love the raised beds, you will have lots of food to can, come Summer! Have a great day.

    Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

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  2. Carmen S.March 27, 2012 at 10:46 AM

    Lookin' good Dani, love those beds!!! What a cute sheep, very sweet:) Hope you are enjoying the day!

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  3. nancy hugginsMarch 27, 2012 at 9:56 PM

    Your garden will be awesome this year Dani and I bet you are able to freeze and can a lot more this year.
    We have flowers coming up everywhere and roses are looking good and of course they will go with me if I ever get to move. We have a lot of birds in our trees and I hate to start putting seed out for them and then if we move they would be looking and not find any and that would be sad. Billy fixed the fence AGAIN and so far so good as long as we go out with pups. They sure are enjoying running and chasing each other which is something they can't do on a chain.

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  4. PaulaMarch 29, 2012 at 6:57 AM

    The little sheep is precious, Dani~ I would love to win it.
    Your raised beds look great!

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  5. AmritaApril 3, 2012 at 10:43 PM

    Oh he is so sweet. May your garden grow well and speedily.

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