New Painting Finished!

Weekend Garden Project

Today I finally got to this project, making a marker for my bed in the community garden, so I can be friendly with my neighbors who ask where is your bed? And this makes it easy to see. It reminds me of houses at the shore that have the cute names and signs.

I found a cement remnant in our rock pile that was about 8" tall and 6" across, cleaned the surface with a rag, and applied a layer of white acrylic paint, then went back over the edges with more white. I mixed blue, green and white together and painted a graduated fade from top to bottom.

The letters were harder to paint, so I painted the letters, then outlined them with a slightly darker green, then went back over the interior of each letter. I thinned out the paint to paint the flowers and it was much easier to work with. My garden has a huge lavender plant, so I wanted to make sure that was featured on my sign.

I dug a shallow trench for the bottom and back filled dirt behind the stone and stepped on it to firm it up so the rock doesn't fall over. You can see there's not much happening in the garden in terms of growth, so this is a bright happy reminder that all will be colorful again!

Window Boxes and Sidewalk Planters

Window boxes around the neighborhood:

And planters on the sidewalk:

Happy Cat Organics Plant Sale and Flea Market at the Garden

Today I got to buy my peppers and tomatoes from Happy Cat Organics in my garden, Spring Gardens, and get them right in the ground (no schlepping them on the bus!) The selection was great and I got peach, white, red tomatoes and purple, red and green peppers. They carry heirloom tomatoes and unusual varieties that taste great and make good sauces and sliced sandwich goodies. They are at Head House (around 2nd and South Streets in Philly) every Saturday. Check out Tim's Blog for more info.