a veg life

(posted by Emily) In an attempt to share small updates to our home and our lives, I am going to try to share one DIY project every Friday. It will also keep me crafting, building, planting, and organizing, which is always good for my sanity! :)  Many of you saw our original fence post planter post back in March. I detailed how we got the planter hung on the side of the house and how we planned to get some dangling plants in there soon.  Well, the plants we put in have come and gone. Things were looking good in April , but watering the planter can be a bit challenging, and I was not in the habit of getting outside to water as regularly as we needed to. After our time away this summer, we definitely knew we wanted to rethink what was planted in there.  For my birthday this year, my mom wanted to get me something practical and long lasting. We have talked about the fence post planter on a number of occasions, and she decided she wanted to help me purchase...

(posted by Emily) We've slowly been adjusting to life at home, which had meant lots of sleep and relaxing. Thank goodness we planned a few buffer days after the trip!  The laundry is done, and we've had time to do some updates in the backyard, too. We planted some pepper plants (jalepeño), cucumber, and a new kale plants, to spread out our crop. We caged all 9 of our tomato plants, too! On Saturday, we hung a new strand of bulb lights. Loving our outdoor seating area at night!  Sunday, Rick suggested we pick up some flowers for a small side bed near our back door out of the kitchen. Didn't have to ask me twice! We tried to grow raspberries there last year to no avail. This year, we added in a camellia bush, azaleas, honeysuckle, clivia, and some celosia.  before the haul after! One last update for you--our rose bush is loving life! Things are doing well in the fence post planter, too :)  Hope you had a great ...

(posted by Emily) I feel like a garden is one of those spaces where the work will never be finished. There are always new plants to grow, crops to change out, watering needed, and on and on. Luckily, we really love working outside and really love our garden :) This weekend consisted of two trips to Home Depot (per normal), and a trip to Lowes to fill out our back bed (we got a few other things, too). We added a blue hydrangea, fox glove, freesia, a blue potato bush, an agapanthus, and a Little John bottle brush bush.  Now the hard part comes--waiting for the plants to grow, bloom, and become more established! Our other garden project on Sunday has been a long time coming. Last year, on a trip to Orange County Farm Supply , we saw some amazing hanging planters made from old pallet wood. The DIY in me knew that we could easily make one ourselves--there are plenty of ideas and tutorials on Pinterest . We ended up using 6 ft fence posts and 2x4s to create our planter...