SENIOR MOMENT 4 WOMEN

  LIGHT BLUE DOLLAR STORE BUCKETS:  STICK FIRE CACTUS PLANTS My husband grew up in the country.  I had no idea that he would want a garden when we moved into our new home.  I  thought living in the city would make him abandon his desire for farming activities. We had been in our house for a year. I came home  from  work one day, and noticed that a lot of the grass  in  our back yard was missing. He had borrowed a neighbor's tiller, so he could " break up"  the  ground. He had sectioned off  a 5 feet section of our back yard. I let him know that this was his project. I must admit that his little garden yielded plenty of vegetables. The next year, he became too busy to tend a garden. There was no gardening done for several years. After I retired,  I tried to keep busy.  I watched a   gardening  TV show one Saturday morning. The show featured a  new  trend called, Planning a Raised Bed Garden. I ...

I was so happy that my local dollar store had plenty of stackable planters in stock. I was anxious to get them home.  I set aside  a day to work on getting them filled with plants. I was only able to get a stack of six done. I had unexpected visitors  and it  rained in the afternoon. Two days later, the weather cleared up. I was finally able to finish filling up the other planters. The stackable planters required about 32 ounces of quality potting soil. The total cost for the potting soil was  about twenty-four dollars. I spent about forty five dollars for the  stackable  planters. I paid four  dollars each  for  the first  batch  of veggies and herbs. I was very  happy  when my local  big box garden center had  discount prices. My second batch of veggies  and  herbs cost less  three dollars each.  The plants and herbs looked pitiful for the first week. I kept them watered but they  ...

  Front Door: Lilac Wreath  Items Used:   14 inch Wire Wreath Form, Wrapped with Purple Tablecloth Strips, Embellishments: Purple /Lilac Flowers  & Purple Wreath Hanger ANTIQUE FIREPLACE  CAST IRON POT   Items Used:  Dollar Store Pastel Flowers, Easter colors EASTER LILY: Purchased: Grocery store florist section  EASTER EGG TOPIARIES: 20 Inch Egg Tree Topiaries: Dollar Store

I enjoy watching the fall leaves change to beautiful  shades of orange and yellow.  However, this means  winter is coming soon. It'll soon  be too cold for me  and my Mom  to sit on the porch. Sitting on the porch  in the afternoon is one of our favorite  pastimes. Finally, the weather was warm enough for us to sit  outside on the porch.  A tiny brown bird flew out of the bottom of the mailbox. Then, I noticed some straw protruding out of the bottom of the mailbox.  So, I  surmised that this bird was building a messy nest.  I've seen some birds make neat round nest. This  nest had straw and leaves sticking out of the front and back of the mailbox. Apparently, this bird had decided that  Mom's mailbox was her new home. I was leery about getting mail out of the  mailbox.  A bird flew out of the bottom when  Mom got the  mail Saturday.  We don't know if  she has laid eggs  yet. I'l...

I have been experimenting with gardening  for several years. I became alarmed after our local grocery stores had a lettuce recall. So I tried growing lettuce in 2000.  I read an online article about growing lettuce in dish  pans. The Black Simpson lettuce was plentiful  in my  dollar store dish pans. The following year I experimented with  growing  veggies in totes and grow bags.  I had a very good  yield. I harvested veggies  until the first frost arrived. This year  I moved to new city. There was  only enough space for a small garden.   I watched  several videos about gardening  in small  spaces. I settled on stack garden planters. Some of these planters were too expensive for my budget. I was shopping at a dollar store and saw stack planters. They were stackable 3- tier planters  available in terra cotta, blue, and beige  colors.  The planters were a nice size. I figured I could grow herbs ...