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The garden car

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Ever wondered what to do about that old car that your husband insists that he’s going to fix?

Or perhaps your lovely neighbors have a used car lot on their front lawn? Take your cue from this picture and grow a garden in the car!

If it’s been sitting long enough they’ll be plenty of organic material on and in the car. Just add some soil and compost, get one of the packages of “wild garden” or “Country Garden” seeds, sprinkle and lightly water. Before you know it, flowers will grow where only rust was before and you’ll wonder why you didn’t try this earlier.

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Sunny days are on the way

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Day light savings took me by surprise. I had forgotten that we were going to jump an hour ahead so early this year. At least this means that we’ll have a few weeks more of extra day light than we normally do.

An increase in day light hours got me thinking about the sun. As in sunny days, and how much I’m longing for it to warm up outside so that my plants can begin to come out of dormancy and I can get outside and work in my garden once more.

To brighten my day while I pine for summer days I thought I’d post a lovely sunflower photo today. You can’t help but look at a beautiful sunflower and think of summer. Looking at a sunflower just evokes good memories of hot summer days.

I guess I’ve grown sunflowers since I was a child. We used to grow them at our cottage in our country garden. They were “My” flowers. Now I grow a mix of medium to tall, hybrid and normal, multi and single flowered sunflowers in my front boulevard garden bed. I grow them there so that my neighbors can enjoy them as well. I’m amazed at how many people stop to gaze at them or make a comment about them if they see my husband or I outdoors.

That’s why, to me, the sunflower is a happy flower.

What flower or plant makes you feel the way sunflowers make me feel?

* I’m talking about another sunny yellow flower on my other site today too! Have a peek.

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Odd Garden Decor

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I’ve shown my readers a number of amusing photos of strange garden decor in the last month or so, but I think this one takes the cake. Or rather perhaps I should say this one hit a royal flush?

His and hers garden decor. The latest in garden, farm, or even front yard decoration is the toilet used as a planter. Even discarded toilets can eventually become a planter if left in place outdoors for a long period of time. I imagine that weeds would thrive in that kind of environment.

I’m always looking for fun garden photos. Please send me some fun snaps if you’ve seen some wacky garden decor.

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