Bulb Planting Season!!

On Saturday I planted over 100 new blubs in the front yard. I bought a bunch of bulbs online at Brent and Becky's Bulbs a while back and then waited for them to be shipped. They ship them out according to your zone so us Southerners get them later in the fall than other parts of the US.

I decided while I was working on the bed around our dogwood I might as well edge it with some scrap timber my dad brought up for Jonny and I to put to use. It had been sitting in our carport for months now and I am really happy to have somewhere to put it. I plan to seal the wood tomorrow with normal deck sealer. I'm pretty happy with how it all came out. Now I'm excited for spring when I get to see the amazing flowers all around the yard.

I might be biased, but I truly think bulbs have the most beautiful and unique flowers of all plants. They even rival orchids in my opinion!

DIY Bird Baths

I am a cheap person. There I said it. If I can make something myself for little to no money, I will figure out how to make it. I have been eying bird baths over the last month or two (my dream is to get my yard certified by the Audubon Society). I bought some deep planter bottoms that I thought would work well as the basin for a couple of bird baths. I think I got them on Amazon for $5 a piece. I just spray painted them silver and then used the left over metal fencing we had laying around to make the stand. And there you have it, a trellis bird bath that will be wrapped in jasmine vines come spring. Here are step by step photos. One thing to note, I did not tie down the basins to the stands so that I could easily wash them out every week. This project took me about 15 minutes to put everything together. The hardest part was getting them level on the hill I have them on!

Tropical Plants in Non-Tropical Zones

After the freezing temps last night my pineapple plants were not too happy with me. I put off cleaning them up to take inside for a week now and last night was the final push to get these guys in before the weather kills them. I just hope I didn't miss too many bugs when cleaning the pots up. Pineapples can hide a TON of things. Unfortunately, my house is north/south facing so grow lights are a must. I have this one on a timer so I don't have to remember to turn it on and off. Hooray for technology!

On a side note, in celebration of the cold weather, tonight is chili night. I have actually convinced Jonny to let me use imitation ground beef this time. We will see how it goes.