One of the things on my Lucketts shopping wishlist was a plant stand. I was open to the style of plant stand, but I envisioned a tiered wrought iron plant stand and I know it would be hard to get...
marian tries | weaving garden cloches
Do you know what I've been thinking lately? I need more hobbies. I mean, a girl needs a few tasks to keep her busy. Of course, I'm being facetious since I have hobbies up to my eyeballs, but it's...
Ultimate Scallop Wicker Tray
Last week, I decided to play around a bit inside the house. I've been spending a lot of time outside pulling weeds, hauling mulch, and planting and I haven't been paying much attention to the...
planting the espalier apple trees in terra cotta pots
Yesterday, I shared how we primed, painted, and installed the vintage-style trellises on our blank white wall of siding, and today, I want to share how I planted the espalier apple trees in large...
DIY cedar garden obelisk
I was on a high from building the vintage-style trellises for the front of the house, so I decided to do more math and make a DIY cedar garden obelisk. I bought enough wood to make three trellises...
My Lucketts Spring Market 2024 Wish List
This Friday, my mom and I are heading back to the Lucketts Spring Market! It snuck up on me this year because I don't have any huge items on my wishlist, but going to the Spring and Fall Markets is...
gardening plan with a local nursery
Over the winter, I was already thinking about working on the front garden. It was going to be a massive project landscaping this wide, rambling, unsymmetrical house, but we were at a place in our...
large vintage-style garden trellis tutorial & free plans
As I shared last week (in THIS POST), I decided I was overcomplicating the trellis idea for the garage wall. I thought building one large trellis would be the way to go, but I realized two would...
garden updates | bishop’s weed, trellis design, & progress
In case you haven't noticed by the subject of my recent posts, gardening has been my main focus over the past few weeks. I feel like I have to take advantage of the weather before it starts getting...
beautiful tools | copper watering can & mister
As I have shared many times over the years, I believe in having the tools you use every day be beautiful from dish brushes and bars of soap to brooms and scissors to pencils and grocery bags. ...