We finished planting and invited her hubby Justin over to grill some tilapia. I had planted some lemon balm and was excited to try it out on some fish. It is a great herb and we ended up making an herb butter to spread on the fish as they were grilling that consisted of lemon balm, dill and chives. It was fantastic! Well I ended up planting 3 pots and the kitchen window box of herbs and such. I guess now I just need to learn how to cook and I will be good to go. :) Ha, ha! I definitely am missing Andy and his cooking! Hopefully I can keep the herbs alive until he comes home. Here are some pics of the herbs. I couldn't resist that green pepper plant, it already had one almost ready to pick!
Stella is even checking out the herbs. She isn't trying to eat them...yet...
I then woke up on Sunday and decided that now the only thing missing on my deck, was a fountain. And I decided I could make my own. I have watched enough HGTV that surely I could make it happen. Well, I decided to go to HGTV to get some ideas, so I found instructions to make a rain chain bamboo fountain. I thought...we have lots of bamboo in our yard, so I went behind the shed and cut some down. I then went to Lowe's...again...and found all of the rest of my fountain necessities. The only thing that I was missing, was a copper chain. I went to the local Ace Hardware, but they didn't have it either. They did have a copper hanging basket, so I bought that, took the chain off, and actually ended up using the basket upside down to have a little waterfall effect. Now the basin I decided to use, was a copper bucket that we have had in the house. I sealed the seam at the bottom because it wasn't so water-tight. I was supposed to let that dry for 24 hours, but I really wanted to see if it worked. I weaved the rubber tubing through the bamboo, and connected the two pieces with some copper wire, to keep with my theme. I was almost ready to try it out and it started raining, so I moved it all inside. The rain didn't stop, so I decided to give it the 24 hours and then I would take it outside after work on Monday. As I was putting the finishing touches on it, I wanted to put something in the bottom of the bucket to have some depth or color. When Andy and I were first married, I went through this mosaic phase and bought lots of small colored glass pebbles from the dollar store. Now I never did much mosaic work, but now I could put all of the rocks in the fountain! Anyway, enough babbling...get it, babbling...it worked and it makes sitting on the deck that much more relaxing! (I just still have to wear my bug spray.)
Here are some fun pictures of Stella enjoying the back yard!
Well, Ryann and Tara are coming to visit this weekend for Ryann's 30th birthday!!! I am sure I will have some fun blogging after this weekend... Hope you have a Happy Memorial Day and I leave you with this, my next project...the Anderson Jungle!!!!
Yes, that is wild fern growing...
Stella is even checking out the herbs. She isn't trying to eat them...yet...
I then woke up on Sunday and decided that now the only thing missing on my deck, was a fountain. And I decided I could make my own. I have watched enough HGTV that surely I could make it happen. Well, I decided to go to HGTV to get some ideas, so I found instructions to make a rain chain bamboo fountain. I thought...we have lots of bamboo in our yard, so I went behind the shed and cut some down. I then went to Lowe's...again...and found all of the rest of my fountain necessities. The only thing that I was missing, was a copper chain. I went to the local Ace Hardware, but they didn't have it either. They did have a copper hanging basket, so I bought that, took the chain off, and actually ended up using the basket upside down to have a little waterfall effect. Now the basin I decided to use, was a copper bucket that we have had in the house. I sealed the seam at the bottom because it wasn't so water-tight. I was supposed to let that dry for 24 hours, but I really wanted to see if it worked. I weaved the rubber tubing through the bamboo, and connected the two pieces with some copper wire, to keep with my theme. I was almost ready to try it out and it started raining, so I moved it all inside. The rain didn't stop, so I decided to give it the 24 hours and then I would take it outside after work on Monday. As I was putting the finishing touches on it, I wanted to put something in the bottom of the bucket to have some depth or color. When Andy and I were first married, I went through this mosaic phase and bought lots of small colored glass pebbles from the dollar store. Now I never did much mosaic work, but now I could put all of the rocks in the fountain! Anyway, enough babbling...get it, babbling...it worked and it makes sitting on the deck that much more relaxing! (I just still have to wear my bug spray.)
Here are some fun pictures of Stella enjoying the back yard!
Well, Ryann and Tara are coming to visit this weekend for Ryann's 30th birthday!!! I am sure I will have some fun blogging after this weekend... Hope you have a Happy Memorial Day and I leave you with this, my next project...the Anderson Jungle!!!!
Yes, that is wild fern growing...
