3rd Fall Wreath

Back door wreath I made this weekend

Butterflies loving the lantana

linked in with Met Monday at Between Naps on the porch

A touch of Fall And Summer's to do List~Complete?

I love fall. And I am very ready for it this year. September is not really fall in the deep South. It still gets pretty hot during the day. But I love to have the colors of fall around me so I started decorating already. I made two new wreaths. I had seen the Burlap Ribbon on another girl's blog (didn't get the name so I can't give her credit here). But hers turned out so pretty. I found it at Hobby Lobby.

I also put some touches on the mantle. I always change it with the seasons

and a few touches on a bookshelf and on the bar

Blogger wanted to load the pictures out of order for some reason today. But you get the general idea. Happy Fall Ya'll!

Summer to do List
We had quite a list of to do's on our summer list here they are, completed. The first thing before we hauled any bricks or lumber for other projects was rebuild the trailer. Rotten wood was removed with the help of the kid around the corner and I helped hubbie put new boards on the trailer. One job done!
The next job was getting the fountain up and running. Doesn't sound like much but hubbie wanted to paint it, then the bed had to be built,on a hill, electrical outlet installed, (under the little box on the left) then the fountain got up and running. I did get some plants put in around it and will put in more next spring. It looks really good.

Fence built to to form a parking area on the other side and hopefully grass will begin to grow on this side.

fixed up a sitting area in the backyard. Hubbie will build some kind of screen for the bomb.

In this area by the back door, we ripped out the ugly hedges and got it prettied up

Screen built to hide timers and hoses.

Destruction of back porch has begun. It still has a way to go~this is a WIP (work in progress).

New bench for front of the house so we can sit and enjoy the fountain.

So we got lots of stuff marked of the list but for some reason the list is no shorter!

Linked in with Met Monday at Between Nap on the Porch
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Linked in with Outdor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer
Linked in With Toostie for Fertilizer Friday

The garden gate

This is Garden Control Center:

Not real pretty but necessary. This is the timer for the drip system and the hoses running to the beds in the front yard.

Hubbie got tired of walking around the house and seeing this

So he got busy and built this
There is a nice gate in the front and plenty of room behind the fence to move around.

So now when we come around the corner this is what we see. Much better!

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Linked in with Tootsie for Fertilizer Friday

Grands

My Daughter's boys after going shopping for school supplies and uniforms, taking a yogurt break

The Fountain of Youth

Hubbie has worked very hard on getting this flowerbed and fountain finished. It's on a hill so that made getting everything level quite a challenge. but we finally got it all put together this morning. All that is left is for me to plant it up. Thanks Hubs.

The water is quite loud, but it is still a very pleasant sound.

FERTILIZER FRIDAY

FF at Tootsie's! Scroll down to see a post from earlier this week on what's going on in my garden!

Backdoor flowerbed

Ever since we moved here, I have been working on the existing flowerbeds. Most were just filled with hedges. They looked ok, but I like bloomy things and color. So we have gradually been pulling out the hedges. It's fun! Hubs backs the truck up to them, I wrap a chain around them and he takes off! Hedges gone!



The bug guy had told us we needed to get the level of the dirt below the foundation of the house so we could watch for termites. So I didn't want to plant in the ground in this area. So I did something alittle different.

I decided to put planters in this area. Planters have gotten expensive! So I hunted and hunted and foundsome at Garden Ridge 50% off. This area is full shade. I got the plants in Old Town Spring at a garden center I like there. Will do a bit more "twikage" but here's what I have so far:





I am pleased so far with the results. Just will add a few do-dads and stuff as time goes on.

The veggie garden goes along pretty good, though squash bit the dust. We have actually eaten a few tomatoes and some will be ready in a day or two


Banana peppers growing like crazy. Got 4 jars put up so far


Okra has been thinned and is coming on


landscaping brick for next project. It never ends.