With our porch renovations going on, I haven’t given any attention to making it look pretty with potted flowers this year. Instead, I put together a couple of pots for our small back porch. I’ve been trying to keep the back door open more, letting the light and views of the backyard in. In stark […]

I posted last week about my flagstone border, but here’s a more complete update on the state of our back yard. After planting some fountain grasses and junipers in April, my next wave of plantings were all given to me by family. My grandma gave me some variegated hostas… and a small variegated iris. The leaves are […]

After my initial round of backyard plantings, I started working on a flagstone border. All of the stones were already on our property, stacked in the back corner. And the easiest, cheapest and most eco-friendly solution is always to use what you already have on hand. Progress I laid them all out to make sure […]

We were in Lowe’s the other day, shopping for what exactly, I can’t remember. But I took a detour through the patio furniture department and spotted this retro glider.  We have no patio furniture… probably because we don’t have a deck or a patio! But I love this style and the piece was all metal […]

I’ll have a longer update on the backyard landscaping next week, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek of my flagstone border. Hopefully, we will have some decent weather this weekend so I can finish this last third!