Garden: 2015 Edition

While we did in fact have garden attempts in Alabama, it seems I never actually posted them. They were major fails other than we always had more than enough rosemary, but that came with the house. The raspberries did seem like a success, but we planted them not long before we moved and only got to enjoy a few of those. Anyways, having a porch was one of my must haves when we were condo hunting and the main reason was to be able to garden.

Months ago (maybe even like a year ago) I got the idea that we should make a planter using an old Chevy tailgate. We didn't exactly end up doing that, but we did get an old Chevy tailgate and incorporate it into the garden decor. Dad was going to build a planter and attach it, but it was getting time to plant and we happened across some planter boxes at Ikea that ended up making an even better set up.

The garden also includes a Grumpy pot, two big pots for tomatoes, and, of course, our Disney patio decorations.

My penguin army had been lined up against the wall where the planter now is, but they have not been banished from the porch quite yet. Mik said when we first moved in that they should only be for winter, but then he changed it until there wasn't a spot for them to be out them. For now they are in the corner, but I might eventually add another planter over there and then perhaps only only leave a few out and only bring them all out in front of the tailgate as our holiday decorations.

We planted the garden about four weeks ago now and so far everything looks good. We planted grape tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, purple beans, dill, edamame, and spinach. Below are some of the photos I've taken of the garden over the past few weeks.

Motorcycle Mickey and Our Disney Front Porch

About a week ago I found out that Kmart had an exclusive line of Disney outdoor products.  The motorcycle Mickey really caught my eye because of the HOA warning I got last year for having my scooter on the front porch.  They said it was because motorcycles are not allowed to be parked there, so I figured I might as well put an actual motorcycle on the front porch this year even though it is a miniature.

I also could not pass up on the solar powered Mickey lighthouse.  I was able to resist the Mickey and Minnie fountain, though I would not mind getting that eventually when we do get a condo if we do not already have too many things for our porch, which we might because we already had two Grumpy statues, a Mickey statue (I'm not attached to this, though), and the Grumpy planter that Mik choose online and also arrived today.

Strawberry in December

We left the strawberry plants alone when we replanted for the fall. I didn't really expect to get another strawberry, especially since we only got two or three this summer. This morning, though I found one ready to pick and it wasn't even from the plant that I had noticed was growing a few last week, so we might actually get as many or more strawberries in December as we got all summer.