I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot
George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Present and Past Fairy and Gnome Gardens....

 

 

 

 

  

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

 
I am so happy you decided to stop by!!
 
Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....
 
 I feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I was.... 

I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....
 

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In my last post, I shared what I have bought lately....

 

  

 

 

 

 

  Click HERE if you missed that post!!


 And now for a few Personal Notes...
 

Yesterday, on Monday, we had torrential rain that started during the night.....

The Sun came out for awhile and I was able to work on my Fairy Garden Tub......

And then the Heavens opened up again with poring rain for over 3 hours....




This is the total rain fall from yesterday.....

4 inches of rain!!!

Looks like I will not have to water for a day or so!!!


In my last post, I shared that I bought these 6 Fairy Houses in Dollar Tree.....

I usually have done something with the galvanized tub that I have used for a Fairy or Gnome Garden a long time ago, usually in the Spring....

Seeing those Fairy Houses inspired me to get moving and do something with it....

The tub was filled with dried needles that fell over the Winter from the Alberta Spruce tree that I originally had the tub right by......

So I moved it over in front of the table.... 

I had to take out all the red landscaping rocks, river rocks and green crystals and clean them....

What a mess that was because of the rain that had fallen the night before.....

Once I cleaned the tub out and the rocks and crystals off, I then replaced them all and set up a Gnome Village....

I used some things that I already had and the new houses....

It really is not as "fancy" as I have done in the past.....


And who knows, I may still play around with it a bit but I needed to finish it because the thunder and lightning had started......


The gnomes I already had, having bought them in Dollar General a few years back....
 

I used the river rocks from Dollar Tree around the edges of the tub......

I then added the red landscaping rocks....


And then sprinkled the green crystals over it all......

 
When the Sun is shining the green crystals sparkle.....
 



I added a Fire Fly solar light to the tub to light it up at night......

On the table above the tub......

I sort of carried the Fairy/Gnome Garden theme up onto the table....

I placed this large Gnome on the side of the tub....



At least now it is finally cleaned up......
 
 
I thought I would share some of my Fairy/Gnome Gardens over the years..... 

This was my very first attempt way back in 2013.....

 

First Fairy Garden in 2013

 

Between 2013 and 2016, I bought a few things at Joann's.....

My Blog was hacked and those posts were not copied by me when I had to create a whole new blog....

I bought these in Big Lot's....

 

 In 2016, I bought the large galvanized tub....

Fairy Garden in 2016

Gnome Garden in 2016

Stayed this way through 2017

 

In 2018, I decided to set up a Fairy Garden on the mantel of my faux fire place in the Sitting Room....

Fairy Garden on my Mantel 2018

  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 I bought some larger Gnome items...
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
I also decorated the "hearth" area of the fire place....
  
 
 
 
  
 
 

 I added some items to the pots that I have the Alberta Spruce trees planted in....

  

 


 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 

 That year, I decided to put some of the larger Gnome items in the galvanized tub...

 

  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 I placed some items on top of the table for the first time....
 
 
 
 
 
 So there you have it!!!
 
I hope you enjoyed seeing my Fairy/Gnome Gardens over the years.....
 
I decided to leave up the Christmas decorations in the upstairs Sitting Room because I missed my window of opportunity to pack it away and decorate the Sitting Room in a Garden theme like I did in the past...
 
It is just too hot upstairs as I do not have an air conditioner in that room and it must be at least 120 degrees up in the attic where the tubs are stored....
 
So I am keeping Christmas up in the Sitting Room and the Craft Room for another year....
 
At least it will save me some time in October when I usually decorate the upstairs for Christmas.... 
 
  
 I hope you will stop by to visit again on THURSDAY 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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  THURSDAY
 

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