A Note from FlowerLady

Good afternoon everybody. Here are some pictures I took of my new potting area.

We live in a 50's cottage, and have cottage style gardens.
We call our place Plum Cottage.

The first picture is right after Wilma and before we turned this into a potting area. You can still see the tree in the shed. When DH started cutting the top of tree off the tree slowly rose out of the shed.

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This is after the shed was restored and the start of the potting area.

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This is after we enclosed the area with lattice. The shell planter isn't going to stay there, it was on the other side of shed, but had to be moved when another pine tree was cut down, due to the disease that is killing slash pines after Wilma. We have two of these planters also found, a few years ago.

Flower Pot Story

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This is seen from the end of the driveway. We are curb-side shoppers and have found lots of usable things over the years, the awning, is one of those recycled objects, as well as the stainless steel restaurant sink that we found many, many years ago and didn't quite know what to do with it until this project. The cement donkey and cart were given to us many years ago. The lattice was also found curb-side shopping. To us it is amazing how much is thrown out that is perfectly good or re-usable.

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Next is a view through the arch that goes into this area. There are morning glories and an unknown rose growing over the arch as well as the Spanish moss hanging from it.

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The painted iron wall planter was found just a few weeks ago just a block away from us after someone had had a yard sale and threw the rest of stuff out. Bird houses are ones DH made who have all lost their tree homes. : -(

The star piece is an antique table top that a friend of mine was going to throw out because the table base had been destroyed by termites. The piece is from France. She and her DH have an antique shop. We had this in storage until we put up the awning. It is made up of pieces of bamboo like a mosaic.

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This is looking east toward the end of driveway. There are potted roses against the lattice and I'll take a picture when things are blooming later. The screens that you see are protecting seeds and cuttings from sun.

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This is looking south toward the back of house. The little bench is Victorian, bought at a flea market many, many years ago for $10.

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The last picture is of my mini-greenhouse which is a window actually, which we aren't using anymore. It's perfect for getting seeds going and putting some cuttings into. I have plastic on the back side to keep the humidity inside.

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Thank you all for looking. Your gardens have all inspired me to keep working here at our humble compound.

FlowerLady