Fairies are welcome

A few years ago we build fairy homes, see here. They only lasted one season and fell apart, so we had to do something new. My husband Brian cut out the doors, I used the wood burning tool to etch the design and then we each painted a door.

The door above is Brian's and is found under the big tree in the front yard.

Anna's door has two hearts and a lady bug on it. We found these darling table, chairs and watering can at a local flower shop.

Amelia's door has a cosy willow bench with a garden gnome to protect the fairies. We bought the chair at the same shop. I made the gnome months ago at the St. Louis City Museum, they had air dry clay at a table you could make things with, then I painted her at home.

This is my door tucked far in the back of the yard, there is an odd glare from the sun on it. It has a shamrock on the door and a gem stone handle.

I love these things, little magical nooks you'll fine in our yard... 

they just make me happy. 

The other day Anna lost her tooth and she said maybe the tooth fairy 

would stay in one of our house... so cute!

Corners of my home - Backyard Loveiness

These are my neighbor's roses growing so pretty on our fence!

YUM...The lettuce is growing, we have to cage everything,
we have a rabbit family living in our backyard!

Garden - Netting & Zucchini

The Zucchini is growing good! Along with a few marigold plants.

Brian put up some netting for our garden, we have a giant bunny family

who love to munch on everything in our yard!

The beans and lettuce are moving along. I planted more broccoli seeds since only three plants came up. And I only have one watermelon plant coming up from a whole package of seeds!

Beans are growing

I love spring and everyday I walk around the yard looking to see what is peaking out of the ground. I have been working hard to fill the large mulched area we have in the backyard. Planting hostas, small trees, azalea bushes, tall grasses, etc. This year it is finally looking good so far, but it does need a little bit more color... next year.

We also have a small 3" x 3" garden and the beans are growing, they seem to growing so slow or I am just impatient? I have never grown beans before, actually the whole garden thing is a new experiment for me. We'll see how it goes.

Garden - the start

So after our failed attempt to grow pumpkins last summer we are still hopeful to produce something from the garden this year. We planted seeds and already have little sprouts growing! We are going to try to grow zucchini, beans, and have some flowers starting. I have also been gathering info about growing tomatoes and cucumbers upside down in hanging containers. So we'll give it a try and see how it goes... I'll keep you posted.