Fruit and Flowers

I'm slowly getting my back yard landscaped. I added a patio extension and fence a couple of months ago. Recently I had some flower beds done along the fence and side of the house.

This small bed I reserved for annuals and perennials. I planted the mixed colors of gerber daisies. Along the back are 3 plants with tiny purple flowers. I'm not sure what the name of them are but they caught my eye so I decided to add them also. I seriously considered only using yellow gerber daisies with the purple flowers to make it LSU colors but couldn't resist the other bright colored gerber daisies.


A few months ago I purchased two clay pots from Tuesday morning and have been looking for dwarf fruit trees to fill them. I found them at Louisiana Nursery Outlet. If you look closely, you can see that the satsuma has fruit on it.

Although the three blueberry bushes I planted earlier this year are small, they all have berries them. It is such a satisfying feeling to me to be able to pick flowers and fruit off the plants in my yard.
Each time I get something to put in the back yard, I think of 10 other things I'd like to do. I'm sure it will be a work in progress for many years.

Spring Projects

Along with Spring comes outside projects. I recently had my back yard fenced in and extended the patio. With these new additions, I know I'll enjoy my backyard more, especially after I have some landscaping done. That is the next project I want to tackle. I would like to add some plants in the corners of the fence and maybe a tree somewhere.


I really like the patio extension. Now I need a table and chairs and some plants.

Another project I have to do is in the front of my house. As you can see by the picture, the plant I had there last summer is not looking so good. On the right of the plant is another area that needs something - not sure what yet.

Today I replaced it with this pot and plant. I decided on an evergreen that requires little care and looks good through all the seasons. The plant cost was $9.95 but the pot was almost $40. I will probably need a few larger pots so may have to shop around or wait until the season is over to get better prices. These are more pots that looked nice last summer but needed a makeover.I picked up a few flowering plants at Lowe's to spruce these up.

It gets very hot in the summer and the window of opportunity for these nice days we are having is limited. Hopefully the nice weather will lasts a while longer. The time and money I have to accomplish all this may not last as long as the weather; but there is always next year.

Besides the outside projects, I have several sewing projects to do. I have baby gifts to make and have some ideas for new epatterns. All of this and working full time may take some time management to get it all accomplished. The plan is to take advantage of the weather for the outside stuff and when it gets hot, start the sewing projects.