My version of Williamsburg Veggie Garden

Last year I had 3 square gardens and built the tomato climbing trellis.
This year I added 2 more squares and tried to make it a little more pretty.
I added the corner twig fence and all the pine needles.

This is our fire pit bottom.  The top parts rusted but loved the bottom iron piece...eventually would like to turn this into some sort of water feature.  For now I put a pot of mint in it.

You can see the 2 new square beds on the left so that the beds are symetrical.

My potting bench made from a recycled pallet. LOVE IT!

Lots of herbs.

Broccoli.  First time I tried broccoli. It is so good roasted.

Twig fence in front of tomatos.  The marigolds are to add color but also a natural way to keep away rabbits.

With the recent rain my zucchini has doubled in size.

Another herb bed.

 

So far so good on the veggies with the exception of having to replant the tomato's.  I sprayed round up too close when the wind was blowing.  Oops.

Taking the scenic route?

So we were headed to Williamsburg and thought we would take the scenic route.  Plugged it into the GPS and we were off.

As we got closer the little icon on the GPS changed to a little boat.  Uh oh...what did that mean.
Guess what.  We had to take a ferry over.  This was something new.

So we waited to board the ferry and as we pulled up they stopped our car?  Hmmm.
They ask if we were familiar with the random check?  No...but go ahead we are just folks in a mini van with out of state plates.  They searched under the car with a mirror on a stick and then looked in the back?  We were good to go.

Oh...by the way...the ferry was Free..!

Veggie Garden Inspiration

Was in Williamsburg recently and was totally inspired by their very natural veggie gardens.

It's just twigs!  I can do this in my garden.

 What a great use for cloches (the glass pots)...they turn them upside down over the plants when there is a chance of frost and creates a greenhouse.

 One of my favorite "johnny jump ups"

Stay tuned to see how my version turns out.

Spring Break...NOT

Spring Break this week for me and had planned to get some projects started.
But I have been de - railed.

Son got braces off today ! Yeah
And a cast put on his right hand - Yuck

I have been in and out of Dr's offices all week.

Now to all you DIY moms got any ideas on how to cover the hand so that he can take a shower?
Since it's his right hand (dominant hand) and the 4th and 5th fingers are all casted as well he can't write, type or much of anything.  I don't know how he is going to deal with school.  I had to do his homework (writing part) for him tonight.  This is all due to a broken knuckle that we didn't think was broken :(

Any good advice appreciated.

Decorating with Plates

After I painted my mirror it didn't quite fill the wall. The poor mirror was very lonely.

Sounds like a good excuse to go shopping....
So the Dining Room drapes area a pink/green toile that I made a while back and wanted to stick with those colors.  Decided I needed to check out the new Home Goods in Charlotte and I found these CUTE plates.  The Easter colors just happen to match what I was looking for.

Sorry I can't get a good shot of the entire wall.  I need a different lens for my camera.  So I took some from different angles so you can get the idea.

Joining these parties this week.

Monday

http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ for Metamorphosis Monday
http://dittledattle.blogspot.com/ for Amaze Me Monday

Tuesday
http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/ for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Wednesday

http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/ for Wow Us Wednesdays

 Thursday

http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/  for Transformation Thursday

Friday

 http://romantichome.blogspot.com/ for show and tell

http://www.atthepicketfence.com for Inspiration Friday

http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com for Feathered Nest

Time to organize

I wish I had this pantry but I don't but it did inspire me to clean mine out.  

image from http://fortheloveofahouse.blogspot.com/search?q=pantry

The process begins....drag it all out and clean first.

Then organize it on the way back in....and throw out things that haven't been used since we moved into this house (5 years ago).

Well now I feel better and organized.  I also attacked my spice cabinet.  It is organized but not pretty yet.  Looking for something 'to make me happy' there before I post pics. 

Hoping Spring is here!  That would answer why I am in the mood to organize everything.

 

Party Bokeh Style

Thanks to Tracy at Tracy's Trinkets and Treasures I am learning what bokeh photography is and how to get it.

I accomplished my Bokeh using existing pictures and Picasa.  Next I want to try with the camera settings.