Maybe Next Year....

You may remember my Wheelbarrow Makeover.

I had cleaned up my rusty old wheelbarrow. It has wood sides

that had rotted away and my husband replaced them.

I was so excited and planted it with 

~2 packages~

of Zinnia's.  I had never planted them before

but had seen the gorgeous blooms to be

over at Bird Nest Cottage

and was inspired to give it a try!

 I new I had started them too late, as hers were already 

quite tall at the time.  But I thought 

~What the heck~

and gave it my best!  Lots of water because of the hot 

dry weather we've experienced this summer.

I had lots of green appearing.  

Turns out most of them were weeds!

 This is all I got out of

2 packets of seeds

 Lots of bare spots....

just a few blooms!

Oh well, maybe next year!

I have to remember to start earlier.

Well, on to mums they are starting to appear

in our stores around here lately!  

Have you purchased your mums yet??

Falls just around the corner!

My New Old Wheelbarrow....

I thought I had a picture of it from the

before stage with flowers in it....

 but, I can not find it!

So I'll show you this picture....

The wood that is left after tearing it apart.

Totally rotted and as you see,

~Mossy~

So I emptied it out and 

 Cleaned it up a bit

And my thoughts have been

going towards Color lately

So I decided to paint it....

 ~Colonial Red~

according to the spray can!

It looks a bit more Red then "colonial"

to me, but I am Happy with the results.

 Brad picked up some treated

1x6x8's

(very important we had this size exactly!)

And after a little nagging nudging

he built a new inside

for me!

Thank you Honey!

 I decided to plant

~Zinnia~ seeds

Bird Nest Cottage am I too late??

I've never planted annuals from seeds before!

I remember growing up and my parents planting their gardens

and putting the seed packets on a stick to mark what they

planted....so I did the same.

 But, I needed more Oomph....

so I added flags....

Just in time for the weekend!

Oh yeah....

and a wreath

Now it's just right!

Hope my little Zinnia's Grow!

Wish me luck!