Category: Garden

Garden

Potato, tomato, mmmmm.

Jessica Smith

Today I harvested potatoes from my garden!! It was so fun to dig up each little spud. Between my potatoes and my recent harvest of tomatoes, we had more fresh food than we could eat (especially since I stocked up on a ton of fresh goodies from the store, too). I gave my neighbors some taters and maters so nothing would go to waste.

Other than gardening, I’m starting to buy stuff for our party. We figured out our booze situation and food situation, so that’s good. I tried to find citronella candles at Target tonight, but no luck. Guess I waited too long. I’ll have to check Home depot or Lowes. I did, however, finally buy grill tools! Score.

I’m also working on a project at work that I’ll hopefully be blogging about soon. I have been working on redesigning our conference room, and it should all be coming together soon! I can’t wait to show you guys — it’s going to look great!

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Garden

Fishbowl Planter

Jessica Smith

I’m jumping on the succulent/cactus wagon. I was shopping for plants with my dad a few weeks ago and saw the tiniest cactus plant for $2.50 — It was super cute and I just had to  have it. It sat in its planter for a week or so before I figured out where I wanted to plant it. I finally decided on planting it in a large fish bowl. I’d seen other people try this with their plants and it looks so cool!

This project is really simple. All you need is potting soil, as many succulents as you’d like to stuff into a fishbowl, and the bowl itself. I stuck with my lone cactus.

I filled the bowl with a ton of potting soil, then created a hole in the middle for the plant. Once my cactus was good and planted (and watered), I stuck it in the middle of our bay window. It looks really nice there — I especially like that the sight line outside isn’t obstructed because the bowl is glass.

I might add rocks to the top of the soil, but for now I left it as is.

If you are a plant killer, this is a great way to bring the outdoors inside. It’s pretty hard to kill these little guys!

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Flamingo Garden Markers

Jessica Smith

I shared yesterday that I love flamingos, and earlier in the month that I am in need of some garden markers for the herbs I planted. Well, on Thursday I was perusing the aisles of a dollar store trying to find fun craft things and I stumbled upon these adorable drink stirrers.

I scooped these up quickly with the idea that if I could have lawn flamingos (which I do…), then I could have garden flamingos!

I also grabbed a pack of clothespins from the dollar store, then headed home to create my simple yet fun garden markers.

All you need for this project is a fin drink stirrer, a clothespin and a permanent marker. The dollar store had flamingo stirrers and palm tree stirrers, but I’m sure party stores have larger selections to choose from.

Write your herb name onto your clothespin and clip it to the stirrer.

My flamingo marker is ready for the chives.

For $2, my entire herb garden will have markers!

Once I put these in all my herbs (only the chives have sprouted), I’ll have my own mini flock!

Oh, and if you are wondering why I might have the lawn flamingos I mentioned earlier… after we got back from our wedding the hubby and discovered that we’d been flocked! Our family members had bought 26 or so flamingos and scattered them throughout our back yard. It was hilarious.

Most of those flamingos have made it to other places now, but I kept three for our patio for the fun memories.

These three flamingos watch out over my yard. Bahaha. Too tacky!

Enjoy your weekend!