My May Flowers

Today is such a beautiful day in Alabama. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the flowers blooming and the evidence of God is all around me.

I turned this fountain into a planter, it was just to hard to keep the leaves and debri out, it already had a drain hole where the pump electrical cord came through. 

The top part has trailing baby tears and impatiens and sweet potato vine in the lower part.

It's positioned right next to an old Pecan tree.

My pink impatiens are filling out nicely, they greet you as you come up the steps to my front door.

I found this 'Believe' garden flag at Lowes, yes I believe in your Goodness Lord, I believe in your loving kindness towards us.

The Asparagus Fern is overflowing the little wooden wheelbarrow, I tucked a Verbenia in with it for some color.

Looking out towards the chicken coops.

 Little clay pots serve as garden edging around this bed planted with Hostas, Bleeding Heart ,ferns, moss and Coleus.

An old garden plow and little ceramic mushrooms add some interest.

I like to sit here and look at the plants while visiting with the chickens. A copper bird fountain provides water for the birds and squirrels and the little angel holds bird seed.

Another old wheelbarrow holds some lirope and petunias over by the picnic table.

I love to just sit outside on days like this and just enjoy being alive, we have so many blessings in this beautiful country of ours and I try never to forget that.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree, yielding fruit after it's kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth, and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after it's kind and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself after its' kind, and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day. Genesis 1:11-13

Skies over Alabama

The Heavens declare the glory of God and the sky proclaims the works of His Hands. Psalm 19:1

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Pots of Posies

The weather has been gorgeous lately in Alabama, bright red cardinals everywhere, baby squirrels scampering about and leaves budding on the Pecan trees. 

So naturally I want to be out there planting flowers and enjoying the sunshine.

My daughter gave me an old antique dolly and I knew I wanted to make some kind of yard art with it. Well my sweet and talented husband made a couple of flowers boxes and attached it to the dolly. I leaned it up against one of our Pecan trees and went to town with some perennials and annuals

.I also hung a chicken feeder from a shepherds hook and put a trailing plant in it. 

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These Impatiens brighten the view by the steps.

  

These pansies lasted all through the Fall and Winter and they are blooming like crazy now.

This little wheelbarrow was another flea market find.
I've got a long way to go towards fixing up the front yard, maybe sod or just some ground cover with stepping stones, I'm not sure yet.

My vegetable garden is in raised containers this year, so much easier to deal with.

So what are you planting this year?

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