Whispering Whims

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Sometimes surprises are BIG and BEAUTIFUL!

I didn't even plant these sunflowers!

The birds did.. and now they are some of the most gorgeous plants growing in our garden.

We are not the only ones enjoying the beautiful blooms.

The birds and bees are actively enjoying them, too!

It was a bit difficult to get photos of the yellow finches without disturbing them.

Here were a couple of my photo attempts through our back door

of them enjoying the seeds from the spent sunflowers.

Here is the semi-finished product!!! :)

We are so excited to be this far and only have a few things left to do:

1) Add 4 more decorative scroll end caps to surround the front corners

2) Box out the bottoms of each supporting post - for decoration

3) Stain the whole thing White! Which is really a project in itself!

Bonus Project: Add Curtains!! For real though.. this will happen soon!

Here is a review in pictures of our construction:

PS- look at that grass!! You might remember from March Project Madness that

we have been trying to get it growing... and it is green! Hooray! :)

I think we might be ready for a Before & After update soon.

Up next... finishing the patio stones.

So close to having an outside space... relaxation is right around the corner! ;)

I can almost taste the sangria!

This is our first attempt at growing our own garden.

We are pretty excited about the entire process

and we've been working hard at building the boxes, preparing the soil,

creating tomato cages, and putting up our trellis.

Our peas, basil, zucchini, yellow squash, watermelons, and gourds are doing excellent!

We also have a herb garden we are starting from seed.

(The bottom right shows the basil sprouts).

The tomatoes we bought from a heirloom garden store back in April.

They've been doing okay, but we've hoping that with some good fertilizer

applied this weekend will perk them up.

Despite their slow start, they do have some tomatoes starting to grow.