There are just a few more photos I'd like to add to the gardening post from last week. This is a shot of our fountain, purchased at a wonderful nursery in Fairhope, Alabama. Since our yard is small, we needed a smallish fountain, and we both liked the size and shape of this one. The sound of the splashing water is so delightful, and you can hear it from the patio where we quite often enjoy a glass of wine, and when the weather permits, dinner outside.
Also from our trip to Fairhope, here are some cypress shutters we found in an antiques shop there. We already had the window frame, and my better half bolted the shutters to the frame, and I stapled the polka dot fabric to the inside of the window (LOVE polka dots!).
Here's another trash to treasure item: It's actually an old Hibachi barbecue I found in the trash heap down the street. It looked like a planter to me! The bottom was rotted out, so I lined it with landscaping fabric so it would hold soil, but would allow the water to drain. Even this late in the summer, the vinca is blooming.
Last, but not least, here is a shot of a planter given to me by my wonderful sister-in-law, Vicki. The large clay pot on the bottom has a long section of iron rebar stuck into the drainage hole, then smaller clay pots are stacked and staggered along the rebar. Again, the plants came from the discount cart at Lowe's, or were cuttings from plants from the yard.
This is our bottle tree. The story behind the bottle tree is this: Any evil spirits which may be in your garden will be attracted to the colored bottles, and fly into them and are captured, thus freeing the garden of any such spirits. The bottle tree was purchased from the City Park Spring Garden Show, and the blue bottles are discarded beer bottles - FREE!
I just had to add this last photo: it's our Bird of Paradise plant from the front garden. These are so spectacular!
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