 All
of the plants in my garden were started from seed, gifts from other gardeners,
or purchased in what I call the "dead plant" department. My first year
after starting the garden at this house, I began running ads in the "Free"
section of the local newspaper inviting people to come and get free plants...
and they did. Most were new gardeners who stayed an hour or more for a tour and
tips on gardening. Many became friends and some are now involved with the
garden program.
 We picked the
gloriosa and shasta daisies
and took them to the nursing home.
 The playhouse, bridge and picket fence was build
entirely from discarded lumber. I used a pallet as a base, lumber from a wood
shipping crate for the walls and a sheet of used plywood for the roof. The
picket fence were left over pieces from when I used stockade fencing on it's way
to the dump to make the fence in front of the house. It had insect damage
and was dried out but a couple of coats of $1 a gallon paint purchased at a
garage sale kept it together for the three years I lived here. I did not have and could not afford to buy shingles for
the roof so I painted a design on it. |
