Making progress on our little cottage.

I'm so happy with the progress we've made so far in our front porch. The wood railing have all been primed and painted, but I still want to also Poly it. All the brick has also been primed and painted and I think that was what did it for me. I'm so glad we painted it, it's so Farmhouse looking now. I love how the black wall scone light fixture looks against the white bricks. I'm going for a Shabby Chic, Farmhouse cottage, lol.  We still have to work on the ceiling a bit and the last thing is the deck. 

My goal is to have the front porch finished for fall, but you know how that goes. I been getting a few things for the front porch and I can't wait to decorate it.   

I'm so ready for fall, omg it's still so HOT.

I lowed the AC, just to pretend it was getting cooler outside, lol. Yeah right, It's so hot that it feels like it's never going to get cool again. 

My sister made me this little ladder out of new wood, but I needed it to look old. I first painted it black and then Farmhouse white, I sanded the corners to distress it a bit and I love how it turned out. These were a few things in my prop closet, yes I finally have a closet space just for my decorating goodies. I still have all the fall boxed put away, it's a bit early, but hopefully in a few weeks I can get to them. I'm so ready for fall.  

Lawn & Order, lol.

Had to share this, I found on Facebook, my hubby and I notice the area code and it's from Alabama. I called them, they're in Montgomery. God bless them, some people are so creative. We loved this show so much, we think we're actual investigators, lol.   

July vegetables.

I don't know what's going on with the weather this year. I know I'm in a new garden Zone and I'm learning all over again. But, is not just that, the weather is strange. It's been so HOT, the tomatoes are not even setting blooms and I'm ready to pull them out. 

I know next year my green house will be up and running, the 4x4s are up. I'm planning on staining them before I put the shade cloth up, that's the plan as soon as it get cooler.    

The tomatoes that I do get are not even ripening on the vine, they are ripening on to of the counter.   

               These are my Jamo's hot peppers and they're hanging in there.

Just flowers but no fruit, it's so hot the blooms just fall off. How strange is that.

More Sunflowers.

These are from a seed pack I got at the dollar store, WOW. They love it here, but I soon learned that they have to be staked. We had a bit of a wind storm and they all fell down. I lost a couple that just broke off, but I'll be ready for next year. Planning on saving some seeds for next years crop.  

Playing hide-and-go-seek.

My experimental potato harvest.

This is my first time growing potatoes, the seed potatoes I got at Walmart well past the planting season and they looked really bad, all dehydrated and shriveled up. My sister said "what have you got to loose", so I planted them. The plant had bloomed and died back, it had no leaves left, I knew it was time to dig even though, they were not in the grown long enough. I got lots of tiny little potatoes and few bigger ones.  Next season I'm going to the experts, my local Co-Op for help.  

 He's my gardening buddy, he's so sweet and gentle. 

This one is for me, bouquet.