This is where I'm headed this morning - to do some much needed work in the back cottage garden. This is a pic from last year - it's not this green yet but everything is springing forth rapidly after warm weather and some much needed rain.
I love my potting shed. An earlier post (March 4 - More Tulips............) will show you the interior. Having electricity is great as I can heat and cool - I had the cutest chandelier hung which gives such a pretty light at night so I turn it on if we're eating outside on the deck or in the gazebo.
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This tiny sparrow came by for a bath in a puddle - so adorable!
Off to climb into gardening gear and get down and dirty! Must clean up the remaining oak leaves - a love/hate relationship there - dislike raking but thankful they have protected my lovely sleeping plants during the chilly Winter months.
To you wonderful gardening friends ~ hope you are able to dig some dirt this weekend ~ then we can all head to the garden center, starting picking out new plants - and hide the charge slip from dh! Don't you love that part? I mean lovely new plants - not having to justify the cost, sigh!
It's been said many times " a garden is a joy and a job forever" which is true, but what better place to be lost in thought and surrounded by the awesome beauty provided by Nature - that makes all the hard work so worthwhile.
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Mary, I just love your potting shed..would love to have one of those. I'm with you on digging in the dirt..I've got most of the leaves (ugggh!) up from my beds & everything is coming up nicely. I do have to get it all mulched & there are plenty of plants left to buy yet. We're having a plant sale at our Botanical gardens in a couple of weeks, so I'm excited to check it out. Have a great weekend!
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Such a nice post. I love your potting shed!! Have a wonderful weekend & Happy planting.
ReplyDeleteOh, what a wonderful potting shed! love the little bird who came by to splash about :) Bought some seeds yesterday at the garden center to get started in the new greenhouse. Will run to the nursery tomorrow for some plants :)
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ReplyDeleteMy potting shed/greenhouse is calling me. I love the little sparrow. Yesterday, while sitting out with my tea, I watched the chickadees pulling up tufts of moss and flying to the bird house at the front of my house!! I was trying to have more moss about, but I willingly give it up to chickadees, as they clean many bugs from my plants all year!
ReplyDeleteOne little bird I would love to see is your English Robin! I hear he is friendly and will even hop about you as you dig in the dirt!
Happy Gardening. Oh yes, I exchanged some pelargonium seeds with a gal from Finland. Mine are planted and are checked three or more times a day!!
Hi - thanks for answering my question about the tureen book.
ReplyDeleteAbout your shed - it's just lovely! I'm going to the gardening center tomorrow. Boy, that saying is the truth. But it really is a joy. I love going out in the morning to see what's new. Have a great weekend!
Manuela
Mary, I love your potting shed too. I have a table on my patio. I'm jealous. LOL I'll be outside this weekend pulling weeds. Then I can go to the nursery and buy flowers. I don't have to hide the receipts though; my husband is worse than me!
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