old screen door

17 years ago

Some months ago, my neighbor got a new security screen door and asked if I would like her old one because she knows I like to repurpose items and the screen door had a scroll piece in it.

I don't recall showing you the trellis I made with the scroll, maybe I did... memory going and all that. That's my neighbor's hous in the pic.

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Since Saturday I've been demolishing my kitchen but today decided to do something outside since it was sunny. It was still cold, though, so I didn't have as much fun outside as I would have had it been warm.

Today I took all the tree limbs I've gathered and attached them to the frame of the screen. This door will be placed by my mosaic bench, just before the ladder trellis. So from Our Lady Gardyn, you'll open the door, pass under the trellis, and enter what will eventually be The Gnome Garden. Gosh, I sometimes think I'm having too much fun making all these garden! HA!

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I had to leave empty spaces because the wind always comes barreling through right where I'll have this door.

Now for a bit of OT:

This is a pic of the Chocolate Vine flowers. There are a lot of them this year. They spell Pez-ish to me. It's a fantastic vine, rampant but easy to manage. I've never seen the fruit this tiny flower produces, but they say it tastes like tapioca. I have it growing over the trellis at the entrance of Our Lady Gardyn.

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But this might be my FAVORITE pic!! It's of my tadpoles. GOSH!! They are adorable! I just love 'em. There little legs are starting to bud. They're about a half an inch long now. Just wish they'd eat all those mosquite larvae.

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ENJOY!

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Comments (13)

doodys
17 years ago
I love the scroll idea and love out it all came out.Wish I could find one.
jeannespines
17 years ago
OHHH, Cait...I am lovin' your screen door frame! What a great save & an artistic natural creation! Ohh, I wish I lived next door & could also give you some of my "curly willow" branches! Great pc, Cait!

The Chocolate Vine is gorgeous (or however you NYer's say it)...and I absolutely adore your tadpole pic! Great photos! Keep having TOO MUCH FUN! Jeanne S.
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texasfern
17 years ago
What a great find.
I can remember those doors.
I love the pics.
Thanks.
Marlene Kindred
17 years ago
I really love your screen door trellis!! Perfect! And your other project too...can't wait to see your gnome garden! Aren't tadpoles just the cutest things?? We have lots in our pond in the summer too! And the chocolate vine is spectacular!
plumnellyga
17 years ago
Such creative ideas! Way to go!
luna_llena_feliz
17 years ago
I love your makeshift door! Nice assortment of colored branches. The trellis is very pretty too. And your little baby frogs are adorable! I'm sure they'll get around to the mosquito larvae soon. I can't wait to see your gnome garden once you have it finished (are such things every really finished?).
Purplemoon
17 years ago
Cait, your garden photos are always such a delight to see!
I wish I could stroll them in real life.
I don't think I've seen any tadpoles since I was kid living in Ohio, but I sure enjoyed watching them grow and brings back some good memories to see yours.

Meanwhile, wish it was cold here. Excessive heat warnings this week, around 111 today and tomorrow. I'm anxiously awaiting the end of Oct and no more 100s for this year!

hugs, Karen
desertrat1
17 years ago
CAIT,
I absolutey LOVE the screen trellis! Love the mosaic (what I can see). Love the vertical trellis, the chocolate vines and the tadpoles!
Thanks so much for sharing.....

Karen,
Thanks goodness I'm only out in the 3pm sun for 30 minutes or I'd really DIE. It's in the 105 yesterday and today....Hydrate Hydrate....sunblock, visor, water bandana fro around my neck....all to keep those kiddies safe! :-) Hide in the cave!
Love, Jules
akup_a
17 years ago
Don't you just love neigbors!!! It was real sweet, her thinking of you that way. Love the scroll work from that old door. I like the branches on the other doors too. Is the horse fence attached to these doors or is it an actual fence around your property?
Vickie
TwoMonths
17 years ago
We have been 107 to 111 here in So CA inland. Love your door and trellis.

BUT when I looked what you called tadpoles, I thought you had tossed up some cauliflower and caught the pic as they fell..guess I need to cool off...heat fever or something. LOL.
gardencrone
17 years ago
Cait...when it gets HOT there we will all be shivering...always the opposite. I LOVE what you did with the screen door!!! The branches are very textural and the difference in colors really sets off the door itself. I have been thinking of putting up a screen door on the side of the house as 'GARDENJUNK' and some wonderful textured branches like yours would be just the ticket. You have such wonderful plants that I have never seen. Chocolate plant...and I'll be zero calories too. lol. Hope you don't mind if I steal the branches and door idea. When I get it installed, I'll send a photo. :)
cait1
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks everyone!

Jeanne - I would LOVE some of the curly willow! That would look spectacular on the door. I've seen a couple of those trees here and they are GAWJUS! HAHAHA Do you know what they call that tree here? 'Tortured' willow. Isn't that awful?

Karen/Jules/June - In a way I can't wait for warmer weather though I know that means my little ponds will need daily top-ups of water. We don't really get many 100+ days here, and at night it is extremely rare for it to stay warm. We sleep with the comforter on almost the entire year. Even the week after the fires it went cold and we were wearing our winter coats! We have crazy weather here.

yup, Vickie, I have great neighhbors on both sides of me. That's a blessing for sure!

HAHAHA!! June, the floating plants are called Azolla. It's a fern that floats on the water. Spreads very quickly and I'm already scooping it up and adding it to the compost heap.
cindee11461
17 years ago
I love all your creations! The tadpoles are cute(-: Its so hard to think of Spring there and Fall here. I wish it was Spring here(-: Can't wait to see your kitchen progress!!!!