It's February Still, but the Plants Here in Southeastern Oklahoma Thinks It's Spring!

The Cilantro is bolting already!

The Pampas grass after cutting down with hedge trimmers.

Stevia plant emerging

We bought a Stihl blower /leaf vacuum / mulcher combo tool so that we could use the many leaves for bedding mulch this year instead of burning the leaves or buying bags and bags of mulch from garden supply stores.

The rose bushes are growing leaves

These are Canna's emerging beneath the leaf mulch.

Oh and here a Pink Hydrangea is emerging from the bottom.

This is a May Night Salvia we brought from our old house when we moved.

Even the Garden Mums want to make an appearance.

The Purple Queen Wandering Jew plant arriving.

I really hope the Anouk Lavender lived through the winter. It really looks a little iffy right now. I'm going to give it a month or two to see.

Vintage Iron Display - Decor for the Top of my Washer/Dryer

I couldn't decide what to do with these old irons that belonged to my mom, so I decided to display them on top of my dryer next to my homemade laundry powder. To keep these from scratching the metal on my dryer, I laid each one on top of black mesh shelf liner and cut around them.  Aren't they cute??

Early Birthday Present - A Stackable Composting Bin

My husband surprised me this weekend with a homemade stackable composting bin he saw on the Internet. The way it works is that you unstack it and begin to add matter to the 1st section. A layer of browns (like dead leaves, newspaper, cardboard or straw) followed by a layer of greens (like grass clippings, coffee grounds or vegetable scraps). Add sections as needed to raise height of bin.

When you get ready to "turn" the compost, remove the top section of bin and set it as close to the other three sections as possible. Then just start moving the compost into the single section working your way through the entire stack of compost replacing tiers until all compost is moved over.

I love it!

First Steps in Remodeling Daughter's Bedroom

Now that daughter has moved into her own apartment and is away at school, it's time for a complete redo!

All the before pictures, all pink and black with bed stripped down.

After photo's of bed and nightstand.

The nightstand was mine back in the 70's. It was yellow, green and orange back then, the popular 70's colors, yay. Then no telling how many times my Mom painted it. As I distressed it, I see Southwest pinks, turquoise, brown and some yellow. I'm leaving it like it is but I may replace the old drawer pull.

The bed has a newly purchased sherpa down comforter set from Bed Bath and Beyond, a handmade quilt made by my grandmother years ago, cream colored flannel sheets (because winter is not far off), a denim bed skirt that is actually for a king sized bed but I made it work by cinching it up in the middle and throwing the mattress back on top, and a denim colored chenille pillow. I want to add some farmhouse pillows as well. Maybe some with ticking stripe in colors other than blue.

Decorating for Fall 2016 - Decorating a Narrow Small Front Porch