The Secret Garden

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All the pretty flowers

This is what I have been enjoying lately... my own front yard.

Tomatoe or is it tomato?

Today I picked some fresh home grown tomatoes, beans and cucumbers from our garden!! I can't wait to eat them. Hope everyone has a great weekend and to my fellow Canadians wishing you a great long weekend!

and just cause I couldn't resist, my hydrangeas

I am so tempted to cut one and put it in my new jars...

The flowers are in full bloom

I know, I know I am going to stop making excuses about being busy, as you all can see from my lack of posts that I have been a lousy blogger! But to be honest business is doing well, and this takes up all my time...don't get me wrong, I couldn't be happier or more grateful!! I have a few craft fairs and markets that I will be at this summer as well, and I can't wait to share all the pictures and info with you guys. I hope some of you can even pass by, a lot of them are in the Toronto area, so all my fellow T. dot residents I am talking to you. I will update you all here about dates!! Very excited!!

Another thing that has been growing around here aside from business are my plants, my garden is really filling out...with blooms, and some weeds as well...oops! Time to de-weed, any tips? I still need to plant a few but overall I am truly enjoying all the pretty flowers. Enjoy the pics and your weekends, I will be off for a few days as I am celebrating my 26th birthday this weekend!!

my vegetable garden

the view from my deck! Love it!

In Bloom and Bows

My sis (Patti) for any new readers, recently decided to "re-do" the front yard landscaping, so here is just a small sneak peek at what we've done so far, more to come later, so stay tuned!

look who was playing around in the garden...Jenny!

I swear she poses for me!

yawn in the lawn

Jenny also got a new haircut, and the pet groomer couldn't resist the bows!

too cute!

Garden...further updates

I went today to get some stones and some mulch for the garden, and this is what it looks like at present... mind you this is only one half of the garden (the other side is still in progress). I have some daylight and night time pictures, with my new solar lights in place.

Oh and I almost forgot, while I was at Lowe's for all my garden supplies I also picked up 4 great fibreglass planters and the real kicker was the price, they were $59 original price and they got marked down to $14. You can see them by the shed in the daylight pics, although the colour isn't great, a little spray paint and maybe a potted fern and they will look like a million bucks!

In Bloom

I started most of my planting early this spring and now I get to sit back and reap the benefits of my lovely blooming garden and planters while Jenny joined me!