Preparing To Bloom!

Well. Last entry's teaser has not yet come to fruition, but it does go along with today's theme! That last image is a prototype for creating window boxes. I'm happy with the outcome but am not yet entirely sure it is what I want to duplicate, and that will take some brain power and time to figure out. Until then, the outdoor efforts come along as members of The House are getting prepared!

As with any gardens, there's some weeding to do:

Get those little grubbies outta there to make room for the good stuff! The weeds are just random pieces of green I pulled from my stash of artificial flowers. (I hated weeding gardens when I was growing up. Like, I hated it more then than I do now. I can still hear it being asked of my parents: "Do your knees bend?" as I basically bent over and half-heartedly yanked a weed or so out. While not an intentional strategy to be dismissed from this miserable chore, being excused was a wonderful result. These gardeners will not have that question posed since their knees actually don't bend. 😄)

Anyway, just like at my own house now, the weeding isn't finished before supplies start to accumulate to plant! To that end, I made sure they had some good potting soil. I printed a picture of the soil bag. Then, I took a mini zipper-close storage bag and taped the picture on it with packaging tape:

Because I cut the bag down to size, I wrapped the tape over the sides and bottom to seal it. I trimmed the tape intentionally leaving some space on the sides of the label because I wanted to be able to see the "dirt" inside. I know that's not what real potting soil bags look like, but I thought it looked cool this way.

After taping, I simply stuffed it with the landscape "mulch":

It looks good, yes?

Headed toward those pots and others is an enthusiastic little boy delivering flowers to pot!

Polly is hanging around waiting to water:

They're ready for the hummingbirds, too!

The gold hanger is part of earring pieces! I cut down the hook so it wasn't HUGE. I think I need a few more of these fabulous feeders!

Soon, May will certainly bring an abundance of flowers! I already can't wait to see The House in bloom again!!