Mockingbird Sings

Good Friday Morning! This beautiful Mockingbird is also wishing everyone a good day. I caught him singing away. It really has been such a treat seeing all the birds play in the garden. I'm really looking forward to this weekend. I have no major plans. Except to play in the garden and spending time with my family. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!! 

Remembering Memorial Day

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day this past weekend. Here are two of my Hero's. My daughter Lauren who is serving in the Army and stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, CO. She has been in the Army since March 12, 2012. This photo was taken at her 94 Ordnance Battalion Graduation on Sept. 19, 2012. I am so proud of her. She is standing next to another hero of mine. My father Nash who served in the Air Force. I know this was a proud day for all of our family.

This Spring I wanted to honor my daughter in my own special way. So I decided to plant a red, white and blue garden. This is a special wheel barrow of mine I like to plant annuals in the Spring and Fall. At the local garden center I picked out some Red Verbena, Lobularia and Blue Daze. Then they got some Homestead Red and White Verbena that is suppose to be perennial. So I planted them in the ground by the star. I don't have to have flowers to remind me of my girl but it's a nice way to think of Lauren everyday.
 

A closer look at the cute pin wheels and Red Verbena and Lobularia. It's so pretty and vibrant!

Here is LOU!!! My faithful garden companion. Every time I get the camera out. There he is walking in front of my lens. He loves to pose and get his pictures taken. Don't worry if you like this one. There will be more...LOL!







I won't ever forget what Memorial Day is all about. It's a day to remember all those who have served and made the ultimate sacrifice for us to be free. God Bless them and those who have served and are serving in the military now.

A Combination Of Pretty Colors

Good Sunday Morning Everyone...I have been working on more of my container gardens for my home. I love to pick pretty colors and combinations. Here is a wrought iron wall basket planter I finished. I have found that I'm really loving using burlap to line them.

I picked out Raspberry Angelonia, Euphorbia in Blush, Blue Daze and Duranta for this basket. I'm using one side to a burlap bag I got at a garden center.

I like to double and place the burlap in the basket and add some potting soil on the bottom. Then I start to add the flowers to it. When I have all the flowers placed where I want them and extra soil in between. I will then cut away the extra burlap fabric. I find that the weight of the soil and flowers will push the fabric into the basket just right. I want to make sure there is enough on the top.

A closer look at all the pretty flowers. This is the first year I have seen Euphorbia in Blush.

Blue Daze...such a pretty little blue flower.
I really hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy your gardens, family and friends no matter what your plans are. Life is good! 

Our First Vegetable Garden

This is the start of my very first vegetable garden. I had been wanting to plant one for several years. My husband Curtis and I decided to put one near our back porch. We had an old brick patio where the raised garden beds are. The brick had fallen apart and didn't look good anymore. So this winter we pulled up the brick. We thought putting the raised beds in this area would work out great. He helped me by making the raised garden boxes and retainer wall. The area where the rock wall is was our first flower garden area. It had become over grown and not very attractive. The only thing I left planted was the Bee Balm and Hosta.

I wanted to add color to my garden. So I painted the trellis's blue and green. My tomato cages are colorful too. It makes it fun for me.

I had been reading up on companion gardening and decided to add herbs to our vegetables. I feel this will be an experimental and learning curve year. Hope to have some great home grown veggies and fresh herbs to add to my cooking. I have green beans, radishes and carrots to add still. I will be sharing how the garden is coming along throughout the summer.
 
This is the start of my fruit and veggie harvest. I can't wait to taste the sweet strawberries and yummy squash.

Baby Birds Flew The Coup

After taking the weekend off at Senoia Garden Center where I work. I found out our baby Robin's flew the coup. I took this picture a couple day before they left. It was so sweet to see them grow. I was truly lucky to get Mama Robin in the picture watching over her babies.

Happy Mother's Day 2013

This is one of our family's favorite photos. It is a picture of my Mother and I. My parents told me I had just woken up from a nap and we had gone to sit on our porch. Dad had captured this moment in time. I really am the luckiest daughter to have such a loving Mom. I would like to wish all the Mom's a wonderful day today.

 

Mama Robin Feeding Her Babies

I have been working at the Senioa Garden Center this Spring. I have absolutely loved working there. A few weeks ago a Mama Robin was frantically looking for a place to make her nest. She kept on going from hanging basket to hanging basket. Well Janine the owner said to just give her one. So she finished her nest in a lovely pink Petunia basket. So we watered all the plants and hanging baskets around her and left hers alone. She was there every day watching over her eggs. I think she got used to us being around.

Here is a picture of the Pergola and area where her nest is hanging. You can see the other plants and hanging baskets are thriving and living just fine. Some customers would tell us to water it and didn't notice Mama Robin there. 

A couple days ago I finally noticed Babies Birds had hatched and Mama Bird was feeding them. The only camera I had was my cell phone. So I was able to zoom in and take these precious photos. They are priceless to me. She kept flying off and bringing more worms to them. So sweet a and special and I was happy to capture that moment in time.