Veggies in the front yard...

Here is the front yard update for the week...I hope you enjoyed it...I would also like to welcome all my new followers and do apologize for neglecting the blog this last week...We had a week of bad storms so spend most of my time entertaining a very bored and house bound toddler...Hopefully the icky weather is gone for awhile and we can go back to enjoying our Florida spring time...Must say the plants sure did love all that rain though...

The heirloom tomatoes in the wash tub in the front garden are doing well...I added some marigolds to the tub for a little color and my Angel & Cherub statue for a little whimsy...who says veggies have to be boring :)...I plan to add more annuals to this garden bed just as soon as the seedlings are big enough to transplant.

My Gladi bulbs are looking good, as are the Freesias in the back ground...Can't wait to see them flower...The first small bud is forming on the climbing rose too...I need to take some better photos of this bird bath to share...I painted the doves and vines on the base about 9yrs ago while still living in NC...it needs a few touch ups but the birds don't seem to mind.

This is a before photo of the first front garden bed we put in the end of last summer...In the front you can just make out the straggly butterfly bushes I got last August on clearance for $1.50 each...Close to the wall of the house are the Mexican petunias

Here there are today, reaching over 4ft in height and lots of budding going on...I am very excited to seem them really take off this yr...The mums in the front are also covered in buds and I am amazed how big they are compared to when I put them in as small $1 plants late in the fall....I read they often bloom both in the spring and fall in Florida...now that would be very cool...

We found this old foot locker in the barn...It is too far gone to salvage for inside the house, but it will make a super cool planter don't ya think?...I plan to fill it with lots of lovely annuals.

And this is our "repurposed" veggie garden...All the boards are from the work bench in the old barn we are having to pull down...The stepping stones are an old slab that got broken up during the removal of the 1960's single wide trailer...Even the hay was recycled, it had served it's purpose in the chicken house, now it will help my plants grow..

In the upper left of the bed I have planted my Bloody Baron Heirloom Corn, below the corn will be planted the last of the pepper plant seedlings and the 2 variety of spinach will be planted either side of the stepping stones...On the right side I have onions, red onions top and yellow onions bottom, a divider of basil to make harvesting "as needed" onions of the right variety...

Marigolds and other companion flowers will be added in and around this bed to add a touch of color and fun since this is smack bang in the middle of our front yard lol...Oh I even got me a little "Peter Rabbit" statue to go in there. For now he is patiently waiting on the front porch for all the planting to be done before he moves in.

Be sure and keep an eye out for new photos coming this week of the potatoes in the tires and the veggies planted in the melon field are really getting big fast...

Blessings Kelsie

Though I am a little late, I am sharing this post at the following parties:

Farm Friendly Friday @ http://www.verdefarm.com/
Flaunt Your Flowers / Fertilizer Friday @ http://www.tootsietime.com/