Gardening

A ‘thing’ ate my moon plant!

June 25, 2012

I wanted to share some updates on my garden this week, but before I could make it back there with my camera – I wondered why all the leaves on my moon flower plant were carefully snipped away. We received this plant as a cutting from my father-in-law’s garden, and it was thriving in the small pot we had it in. I loved how it was blooming with these big white flowers.

I knelt down beside it, carefully looking at – puzzled as to what happened. Then I saw it…

What is THAT?!?

He blended right in with the plant, and he was working on having the seed pod for lunch! I still don’t quite know what it was exactly – but very cool to see in your backyard. Anyone have any idea what it is? Once we had a little frog on our patio table that JP was quick to point out.

Yes, I love taking pictures of critters when we come across them – which is odd for me because I really hate bugs. Somehow, I didn’t mind the frog gracing us with his presence – I even secretly wondered what would happen if I kissed him, but then I realized you need to be a princess first.

Maybe in my next lifetime

As for the other ‘thing’ I had my husband re-locate him, so we can have a fighting chance at having our moon plant!

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Spruce up your outdoor wood with Flood® Wood Care specialists

June 23, 2012

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Do you have a place in your house where you enjoy time with your family? We do – and it’s our backyard.. How we LOVE hanging out there!

One evening a few weeks back we were outside, enjoying the summer sunset while letting JP exhaust his last little bits of energy. My husband and I each sat casually in our respective adirondak chairs while I snapped pictures of JP playing.

I was kicking the soccer ball to him, and he was kicking it back when suddenly – weee! My flip flop went flying in the air and landed several feet away. Right away JP wanted to ‘help’ put mommy’s shoe back on… Awww!

Sometimes, I really feel that little boys are made up of sugar and spice and everything nice!

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Our backyard has slowly evolved into a more inviting place, every time we add a new plant or patio furniture. Eventually, we’d love to put in wood deck with a jacuzzi tub and build some flower boxes into it.

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Creating DIY garden markers using paint stir sticks #CBias #ExpressYourself

May 12, 2012

I talked about my garden a little while ago, and I thought I’d share yet another update I have made recently. Now that I got everything planted, fertilized and thriving – I realized I needed some garden markers to know what was what because the little plastic printed ones that came with the plant wasn’t cutting it.

I decided it would be the perfect project for none other than the brand new Painters Paint Markers by Elmer’s.

I found these Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers in the craft department for a bargain 1.97$ when I was out shopping, they had a bunch of different colors!

…And the paint stir sticks were a whopping 28 cents!

All you really need to create this craft is:

DIY Garden Markers using paint stir sticks

Author: Jayna Denbow

Ingredients

Elmer’s Painters Markers
Wooden paint stir sticks
Spray paint
Spray primer
Masking Tape

Instructions

- Prep each wooden stick with spray primer
- Once they are primed, spray a foundation color of your choice on each stick
- Once that coat is dry, use the masking tape to cover the bottoms of the sticks
- Spray the sticks again with a contrasting color of your choice
- Once they are dry, get creative with the painters makers and doodle away!

Here’s my spray paint setup – a plastic drop cloth held into the ground with garden lights and bounce house stakes!

Then I masked off the bottom of each one so I could add another color.

I had such fun painting these, i did it all while JP was at preschool during the day while I sat on the back patio listening to birds chirping. It was pure therapy, I tell you!!

I wanted a fun, whimsical touch with lots of color for these markers – I am so in love with how they turned out!! Now it’s time to add to the collection becauseI still have a little bit of garden space left…