Gardens of St. Louis

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We just recently came back from a wonderful vacation in St. Louis and I had to share all the gorgeous flowers and plants I found in the area.

Hope you enjoy my St Louis garden picture tour!

Happy weekend!

Relandscaping??

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Hmmm, I've heard of redecorating but relandscaping? Why not? That's me. I am relandscaping and redesigning my front. You see when we moved into our home the front was already planted with overgrown plants and bushes that I redid first thing. But then I had to carve out an area on the side of the house cause it looked so barren. Well at least it did after we yanked out all the fat, overgrown bushes!

So a couple years later I did just that. I dug out an area along the side of the house and landscaped it. It is beautiful. I love it. Really. But I always wondered why I didn't just connect the side with the front and flow it all together. You know what they say about hindsight? That is something I've been thinking about for a couple years now but never had the gumption to move ahead.

That is until one day. It was a day like any other day. I had a few extra minutes and was near a TJ Maxx so what do you suppose? I ran into the store and found an amazing round metal globe for only $12.99. I loved it. Had no idea what to do with it but I didn't care. So I bought it and started thinking about all the great things I could do with it. 

Fence post mounted in ground.

So I hauled out an old fence post from the shed. Dug a hole, mixed some concrete and put the post in the hole. Then asked my awesome hubby to attach the metal globe. 

Metal globe attached to fence post.

Finished product.

Of course one thing led to another and...well that's for another post.

Quick and Easy Concrete Mixing

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Concrete projects are becoming quite the rage right now and you might be itching to try one yourself.

I've tackled a few recently. 

Quick and easy concrete pavers.

Some turned out great and some...not so much. Anyway I'm super geeked about the whole concrete thing. I mean, 1.99 a bag! Can't beat the price and it is super easy to mix. The worse part is lifting the darn bags. But, that's why I grew these 6' boys isn't it?

My attempt at making a concrete garden globe. Ummm. yeah.
Back to the drawing board on that one.

So don't let the whole concrete thing scare you by following these quick and easy steps.

Start with an average bucket of any kind.
Probably should be clean but honestly
I don't usually worry about it.

Use any old garden tool to mix.

Add dry concrete mix and water. I usually estimate about how much
concrete I need and add little more. The most important
part with the water is to add in small increments and mix
in between. If you add too much water, you usually
have to add more dry and then you end up with way too much!

Mix between each addition of water being careful to dig down deep
to the bottom to get all the dry mix.

In the end you have to make sure to mix it all well but, depending on the look you're going for, you can have it a little on the dry side (which creates a rougher end product) or more wet (which creates a smoother end product).

Once you try it a time or two, you will be an old pro!

Go ahead, don't be afraid and give it a try.

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