The Vine House

This is my lastest project. We got a sandbox and swing off of craiglist. And being in southern Calif it is so hot in the summer that I didn't want my grandchildren getting sunburned while playing. So I moved an old homemade clothesline into the garden area and covered it with wire mesh. I have a passion vine plant that just wants to cover the wire mesh. So hopefully next summer we will be able to play under the passion vine. The mini pumpkins were planted here last year and I just threw them in one place so I could put them in my compost pile. The front of the vine house has old window frames that I wired to the clothesline.

The Sunflower House

Last week I cleaned up my sunflower house and here is what it looks like in the month on January. I should of taken a "before" picture. The recent storms tore my cover off the swing and there were lots of weeds and dead sunflowers lying around!






The Granddaughters in their matching coats swinging!

Bird house gourds

I planted last year a whole packet of birdhouse gourd seed and here are the results! There's 59 of them. They look like little soldiers all lined up!

Anyone interested in doing a craft with their kids let me know--I have lots to give away!

Rose Garden Marker Stones

Yesterday, I decided to try my hand at making these marker stones. I want to label the names of my roses -I think the names of roses add to their beauty as well ( I have a rose that is called Bees Knees--love that name!!). I saw these stones being made on Rebecca's Garden and thought that they would be perfect for the rose garden! I really had a hard time finding the kit. Supposedly Joann has them but none of the stores carried it. So I had to order the kits on line. They do offer many different kinds of kits to choose from. I got it from Amazon. The kit made only enough for 3 stones. But it tells you what kind of cement to buy to make more.

These are the names of 3 roses that I have.

I'm back!

ok--It's been almost a year and a half since I last posted. I'm going to have a new lease on life. I have been inspired by my daughters-in-law's blog sites, my husband, and staying in touch with friends and family! So this site will still have stuff about my ever changing garden, but also about my family, our big renovation on our old in desperate need of repair 1930's house, plans and ideas as to what to do with our 9 acres, and anything else that might be of interest. I also will post lots of pictures--if I can remember how! I love to hear from all of you so please, please make lots of comments!

Finally they are Blooming!

Thought I would put a happy face on this one.

The Sunflower House-July

These pictures were taken in mid July. Still no blooms on the sunflowers and I strung string across for the morning glories to grow to make the roof. We measured the tallest sunflower and it is 11 feet 8 inches. I'm standing in front to show you how tall it has become.