Progress on the food garden is slow and steady. I have big plans for the empty area in the back of my yard and hope I can share more progress with you all soon.
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Friday, June 28, 2019
Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 29
The final container garden in the camping theme, this time with a rugged gnome, really roughing it in a secluded area, making dinner over an open fire.
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 28
I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Fairy royalty was spotted camping today! I wonder if they were jealous of the other fairies camping recently. Yet another container garden in my Miniature Garden Challenge.
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 27
I managed to only spend $6 on decor for this container garden since the rest of the supplies were already in my inventory. This tropical themed garden will help me spruce up my Fairy Shores, something I've been meaning to redesign and bring back to life. Nothing like a challenge to inspire progress!
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 26
Here is my 26th garden for this month's Miniature Garden Challenge - a challenge I posed to my followers, encouraging them to create one miniature garden, in any theme, and share it tagged #JuneFairyGardenChallenge2019.
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 25
A new fairy comes to stay in my garden and is the spotlight on this container garden I made for the Miniature Garden Challenge. I personally challenged myself to create 30 gardens in 30 days, but I challenged my followers to simply create one. Have you entered your garden yet?
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 20-24
Another theme for my Miniature Garden Challenge is a series of "gardens" with fairies playing and hiding in the trees. These are perfect examples of being creative when it comes to creating a miniature garden - you don't need to be restricted to a container.
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 19
I finally bought a new miniature for my garden and for the Miniature Garden Challenge. This is Jeff and Robert, two rambunctious brothers who, I'm concerned, are headed towards an injury but they are having fun in the process.
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 15-18
June 21 is World Music Day so I've created the following fairy gardens to follow the theme.
These four gardens are part of my Miniature Garden Challenge and I spent nothing to make these since I had all the plants, containers and miniatures in my inventory already.
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 12-14
Continuing with the Miniature Garden Challenge, I created a few container gardens with a dinosaur theme to entertain my great-grandson. The dinosaurs were purchased at the dollar store, and the containers and many of the plants are from my yard, so these were low cost gardens.
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Saturday, June 15, 2019
Challenge Accepted - Potluck Tablescape 2019
I recently decided to take a side step out of my comfort zone with a new challenge. Most of the challenges I've participated in have been for my fairy garden or food garden, but I decided to revisit my love for creating arrangements and participate in this month's challenge that requires me to create a tablescape fit for a potluck.
This challenge was a collaboration by YouTubers Mysterious Alberta, Cynthia shesobless and Designs By Vee.
I started with my purple lawn chairs to inspire the color pallet I'd be using in this challenge. From there, I was able to find a colorful tablecloth that set the theme, topped with a bowl of fresh peaches and a floral dining set. I used faux orchids as napkin rings and created a floral arrangement from my garden using swiss chard stems with their purple hue, flowers from radishes and sweet peas, all in a smoky purple vase.
#PotluckTablescape2019
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Saturday, June 8, 2019
Food Garden Friday - Fruits and Veggies
This update took me a bit by surprise. It seems I simply turn my back for a moment and food is sprouting up everywhere! These peppers from my salsa garden came up quickly and they're pretty big so I'll need to pick them soon. I also noticed quite a bit of growth on my Boston Cucumber plant - so much more than last year, it's quite a relief.
My berries are still growing like crazy! If I'm not out there picking a bowl daily, they'll go to waste. It's a good thing I like snacking on berries. Oh! I also found a few tomatoes here and there among the multiple plants I have.
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 7-11
#JuneFairyGardenChallenge2019
Using this hashtag, I want to see all your creations during the month of June. I am planning on doing one garden myself each day this month, so here's my third batch of gardens below.
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Homegrown, Homemade - Fresh Berry Topper
This morning I picked quite a bunch of berries in preparation for a visit from my granddaughter and her husband. She planned to bring over a chocolate cake which I thought would go great with vanilla bean ice cream and fresh berries.
And you know what? It did! What a wonderful desert we had.
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Food Garden Friday - Buncha Berries
Here's an update on an area of my yard that has an array of berries growing. They are already delicious, I've already picked quite a few.
Worth noting is the fact that, while the seeds I purchased claimed 'thornless', my eyes do not deceive me or you, since this video clearly shows thorns all up and down this plant!
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 4-6
#JuneFairyGardenChallenge2019
Using this hashtag, I want to see all your creations during the month of June. I am planning on doing one garden myself each day this month, so here's my second batch of gardens below.
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Illuminate - Twinkle Trio
I created three new fairy gardens recently. If you're not new here, you know I can create my fairy gardens quickly and with very little cash because I have an inventory of decor at my disposal. So, while one container can be planted with a setting of plants, it can be changed up by adding new decor. Taking it even further, you can add lights to a miniature garden to add ambiance and a few extra hours of enjoyment after the sun clocks out.
Here are three of my most recent container gardens amplified by the faint glow of dispersed fairy lights as well as inner lighting. Some fairy houses I've purchased come with the ability to be lit up, furthering the fantasy that this is indeed an inhabitable dwelling with the indoor lights on, shining out through the windows. It adds an extra charm to it all, don't you think?
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Miniature Garden Challenge - Day 1-3
#JuneFairyGardenChallenge2019
Using this hashtag, I want to see all your creations during the month of June. I am planning on doing one garden myself each day this month, so here's my first three gardens below.
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