In Place.........................

The first "run" of fencing and the first gate are in place..............


Should get the holes for the remaining posts dug this week, hoping to get them set in cement and then the task of putting up the fencing panels on a gradual slope!  The fun part will be planting flowers along the outside and gradually I will put perennials along the inside.  Since the fencing is cedar no need to paint, I prefer the "primitive" look it will have after some time in the elements.

Garden Gate

Today's adventure.........gate making!

Hubby and I made the gates for our garden fence, there will be a total of three small gates in the first stage of our fencing project.  Stage two, three, four, etc will be in future years. 

 This is the panel we started with..........

 

 

After a little cutting here and a few screws there, here are the finished products.  We saved $135 by making them ourselves! 

Hoping to get more done on this project in the coming week if the weather (and my body) hold up!

Blank canvas.........

Last week I started with this blank canvas.......................



 

Some of the "paint" that I added to the canvas, tomatoes, zinnias, cosmos, peppers, cabbage, eggplant, onions, radishes, green beans, to name a few..........

 

 

 The garden after adding all the plants........

This is the tool that I use to keep the weeds at bay, I discovered it last year and love it, I try to do one area every few days.  I am sure this has been around for a long time, but last year was the first time I had ever seen it, maybe it is new to some of my fellow gardeners..........

 

The next big project is to start replacing the "chicken wire" fence around the garden area with something more attractive and permanent.  Just picked it up today and thought I would "preview" it to get the feel of what it will look like when it is finished, it is cedar so no painting and over time it will weather and have the "primitive look"!

 

Did a little baking this past weekend and used up some of the rhubarb that is growing so wonderfully in my garden.  It is a rhubarb cake that has sour cream and honey in it!  Yum! 

One of the cake ingredients reminds me of something exciting that will be joining my yard in the fall, care to take a guess??