Flowers Planted and a Few New Things!

 

 

 Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

 

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

 

Just a reminder, I will be posting on Wednesdays and Sundays every week so be sure to check back on those days to see a new post......  

Today, I will be sharing how I planted my pots out in the Patio and give an update on my Cottage Garden back yard along with showcasing a few new buys!!!

 

 

 Thanks to Marci, over at Stone Cottage Adventures, and Angie, over at God's Growing Garden, who are the Garden Week Hosts of the You're the Star Blog Hop, for choosing my post, Fairy/Gnome and Fur Baby Memory Garden, as one of their features!!!!!

 

 

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In my last post, I shared More "Tea Time" in the Dining Room, decorated like a Tea Room for the Summer....

 

Click HERE if you missed this post!!

 

 

And now for a few Personal Notes...

 

 Food of the Week

 

This week's Reheat and Eat Dinners from the WB Scranton Pens Food Service.....

 

 

Joe and I both ordered the Chicken Cordon Bleu w/ Rice Pilaf & Oven Roasted Broccoli....

 

  

Breaded Chicken stuffed w/ Ham & Swiss topped w/ Dijon Cream sauce over Rice Pilaf & Oven Roasted Broccoli 

 

 

Our son, Joey, passed on any dinners this week as nothing appealed to him.....

 

 

Joe got a deal this week at one of the local grocery stores we shop. Malacari's, which is right down the road from us...

10 pounds of 80/20 ground beef for $29.99....

 

I measured out about 1.2 pounds using my postal scale that i have from when i sold on EBay.....

 

And made up 9 bags to be put in the freezer.....

I will use these for meatballs, meat sauce and my Barna Balls which is a combination of oven porcupines ( piggies without cabbage) and stuffed peppers, minus the cabbage and peppers...

I did get a few new things recently.....

Bought this cute plant stand at Ocean State Job Lot for $6.99.....

 

I love the color of it!!!

You will see what I did with it a little later in this post.....

I had Joe wash the Powder Room carpets as I gave the Powder Room a good cleaning last week....

 

The backing was starting to fall apart so I sent him to Big Lot's to get new ones.....

He went armed with a $5 of $15 coupon!!!

He bought these which ended up also being on sale!!!!

Perfect for the Powder Room!!!

 

 

And both only cost $14.58!!!

Original price was $12.50 each!

Joe shops Big Lot's a lot because of their Rewards program and other coupon offers so I am frequently looking online to see what they have in stock.....

When I saw this, I just could not help myself!!!!

Had to have it for my Kitchen which is now decorated in a French Country Victorian theme with a lot of Roos and Hens!!!

What can I say!!!

And I bought a few new things for the Front Porch!!!

When I ventured out last week, I wanted to stop in Ollies to look at the Flags they had in their circular....

I bought this large one for only $7.99!!

 

And this small one for only $3.99!!

 

Love the colors and they go well with my Front Porch color theme.....

I also bought several bunches of large flowers for $2.49 each and replaced some of the red flowers on this wreath that I made that had faded from the Sun.....

Better now.....

And brighter!!!!

While we are talking about the Front Porch, let me show you what the flowers look like now after being planted in my pots almost 2 weeks ago and now that I took down the Patriotic outside decorations after Memorial Day!!!!

I did decide to throw some marigold seeds around the sides of the large pot as I have no idea if these tall ones will fill out.....

And hopefully, the begonia planted in the middle smaller pot will grow in height like they always do!!

I will keep you posted on their progress....

The geraniums are doing well......

I did a bit of rearranging in this flower bed....

I placed the bird bath on these pavers and moved the toad stools from the front flower bed into this one.....

And since Joe bought 4 instead of 2 small square pots from Dollar Tree, I planted impatiens in one and placed it in front of the bird bath.....

 

These were my views from the front porch on Sunday while I sat with my feet up to try to decrease some of the swelling I get come Summer due to the heat and humidity....

 

I don't have any swelling in the Fall and Winter months when it is colder.....

 

 

 

 

 

One of the baby Robins that left a nest in my neighbor's tree......

 

Still under Mama's watchful eye.....

And the other evening, I saw a Bunny on our slope.....

 

So cute!!

Okay, now that I updated you on the flowers in the front of the house, let's go out to the back of the house!!!

These were the flowers I bought for my pots in the back.....

 

 

In addition to these, I used what I had left after planting the pots in the front and I bought 3 more flats of 8 impatiens in each to plant my flower bags with......

You will see them a bit later in this post....

Let's start on the Patio....

On the edge by the walkway to the shed.....

2 vinca plants in this pot.....

I threw some marigold seeds in this one....

More marigolds here....

Now you know where I put that cute plant stand.....

One begonia....

One impatien....

And I transplanted some Missouri Primrose in a planter box here.....

 One impatien in each of the 2 pots and a begonia planted in the bottom pot...

 

3 impatiens....

Last Saturday, I cleaned and organized this corner of the Patio where my Baker's Rack/ Potting Stand is......

Boxes of seeds are stored in the old Milk Box that a neighbor gave me, along with preen and something to repel Critters....

I used coffee containers to store rocks and sand......

What is nice is there is now a shed on the other side of the fence and the side of it blocks anyone from seeing when we sit out in the Patio.....

3 wave petunias in this hanging pot.....

2 impatiens in this one...

2 regular petunias in this pot....

One begonia....

I moved the wheelbarrow that Joe bought from the Amish Farmer from the back of the yard up closer to the Patio....

3 impatiens in here which I hope will spread out so you can not see the top of the wheelbarrow....

There are marigold and impatien seeds planted in these pots....

Under the table is a pot planted with 2 more impatiens....

And more seeds in the vintage galvanized pail....

 

This side of my Cottage Garden Back yard.....

About 10 years ago, I bought these flower bags at the end of the Season for only $3 a bag.....

I have planted them myself every year thereafter.....

Both take a total of 22 impatiens!!!

I decided to do something a bit different with the fountain turned bird bath after it broke, turned planter after there was a crack in the bottom of it.....

I placed a coconut shell in this bird cage and placed it in the center of the "bird bath"

I planted a begonia in the bird cage and wave and regular petunias surrounding the cage....

Again, I will see how they fill out and decide whether I add more flowers....

On each side of the arbor are Missouri Primrose, which I hoped would be blooming by now and asters.....

Once the Missouri Primrose are done blooming, I will thin them out.....

I planted 2 impatiens in this vintage watering can....

In the back of the yard by the gate....

 

I transplanted a Lamb's Ear in this pot....

Hopefully, it does not die!!

 

I also transplanted some hostas and more missouri primrose plants....

There is also a Rose of Sharon shoot that I transplanted....

Back to the Patio....

2 vinca plants in this watering can.....

Two Impatiens in this pot under the table.....

Two more vinca plants....

And 3 more petunia plants......

In the middle section of the Cottage Garden are Primrose, Columbine, Bugleweed Ajuga and Loosestrife

Hens and Chicks in these 3 pots.....

And 3 begonias planted here.....

2 impatiens in each of these hanging pots......

 

The hosta I transplanted here is doing well......

3 wave petunias in the pot inside of the vintage coal bucket....

More wave petunias in this vintage watering can.....

And I caught a dove about to fly away!!!

I hope you enjoyed my post showing you the annuals I planted in my pots....

I will keep you updated on how they grow this Summer.....

I will leave you with a Sunset from our Front Porch!!!

 I hope you will stop by to visit again on Sunday for my next post!!!!!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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