Country Farm Produce

It's the last Saturday in August.  There is a nip in the air and you just know that Fall is on the way.

Time for some fall produce!.

Not five minutes from my house is wide open farm land

and great produce stands

The sun is shining, I get a drive in the country and some 'just picked' produce ... does it get any better?

"One who plants a garden, plants happiness."

I moved in to this house in August 2007. The house was built in 1972.

How can someone (or several someones) have lived in a house for 35 years and have not put a garden in? There was an old disintegrating railway tie about 2 feet out from the back fence to indicate that at some time, someone had at least tried a garden, but nothing remained.

I had a huge perennial garden in my last house, so when the 'Sold' sign went up in May, I had lots of time to divide plants and pot for moving. Of course, when I moved in the garden wasn't my first priority, so I just planted what I had brought in the old bed to overwinter and took the garden off my to-do list til the following spring.

What it looked like when I started to dig in Spring 2008

Done... it really only took a weekend, though I almost killed myself dragging the tree in. The front elevation of the house has a garage and entry, and then steps up to the first floor. That is duplicated outside, so to get to the back you have to carry everything up steps. I can't even use a wheel barrow!  I couldn't see where I was going when I was taking in the tree, I tripped on the top step and I went down, totally sprawled with the tree on top of me. Didn't damage a limb (mine or the tree's).

I decided to make this garden as maintenance free as possible.  I planted a backdrop of shrubs, most of which flower in the spring.  Then I added an assortment of hostas and a pink climbing rose.   I didn't want a riot of colour in this garden, so I only added a pink peony for spring, a purple liatris, yellow day lilies and red coral bells for summer and sedums for fall.  It is a really restful garden to sit in.

View from my bedroom window today a year after planting:

Best view

Art work for my Guest Room

I needed something for above the headboard in the Guest Room.   I had seen these plaques at Homesense, at $12.95 each.   The next time I went in they were on the clearance rack for $3.00 each.   What an opportunity.  I got three.  They were a dark stained wood, so I painted them white, then sanded them back to show the carved design.   They now look like old ceiling tiles.

Hi ... I'm a Blogger!

I have just found home decor blogs!  My first was was Young House Love ... and now to infinity.

I am doing this blog for a number of reasons.   Firstly ... I am technically challenged, even though I work for the largest IT company in the world.   But dare I say, it was amazingly easy to set up.

Secondly, I think it will incent me to do all those DIY projects I keep putting off.    I keep lists.  Some times I add things I am currently doing to my list, just for the rush of putting a line through it.

So on to my chronicle ......