Satisfying my plant buying OCD, a revamp & pots of colour

Out and about

Saturday morning I headed into town, picked Sue up and we both went to check out the plant sale at Hamilton gardens, hosted by Friends of Hamilton Gardens. Now I know I said that I had done the garden but when someone says cheap plants, I'm there. We arrived bright and early, too early for them to have set up. So to kill some time I suggested we go check out the sustainable garden as they were having a Scarecrow thing on, sadly we were a  day too early and all we found were some leftover Halloween figures. It didn't matter however as I love the veggie garden, of which I was very jealous, I do love all the straight lines of planting, I took a few photos with my phone, so they're a bit over exposed unfortunately *ETA, I did some editing and replaced the Hamilton Gardens photos, hopefully they're better now.

. Foxgloves

 Globe artichokes

 Not sure our veggie garden will ever get started this season

 Something very satisfying about a straight line of vegetables

 Potting shed

 Poppy - Lest we forget

 Marigolds

 Foxgloves generally get pulled out here, the animals don't tend to eat them but they can get pretty sick if they so, best not to take chances really. I do love them though, reminds me ff England

 I would have loved to have done my herb garden like this

 Time for a quick walk through the tropical garden then back to the plant sale

Projects

After we had filled my car with plants, well okay.....'I' had filled my car, I needed a trip to Spotlight to buy some more weather proof canvas. I'd already bought some earlier in the week in a 30% off sale. I'd bought three designs and decided to get a fourth.

I hadn't intended to recover the chairs myself, but after getting a a quote of $80 + GST PER CHAIR and nearly having a coronary, it was really the only option. Four fabric designs and eight chairs and there'll be enough for a few scatter cushions.

Before

 The table in dire need of a repaint

Joe set me up a space to sand the chairs in the garage

 Sanded and dust brushed off

 The paint is Dulux Timbacryl in a light grey colour

 It's a bit of a process but I'm getting there

Three chairs left to do

I've made a start on the table, the underside first, I'm only doing the bits you're going to see when it's up the right way, it's a waste of paint to do all of it, paint ain't cheap.

Second coat to do then I'll get Joe to help me tip it over (it's very heavy) so I can paint the top

A work in progress so watch this space

In the garden

The Plants bought at the sale

 The pots I did last week have enjoyed the rain,

I have to decide where they're going in the garden now

 One of two hanging baskets, those plants should fill it and hang over the sides

 One of two long window baskets sitting on the ledges either side of the front door

 My standard icebergs are beginning to bloom

I love these roses

 View from the hallway of the hostas which are loving that spot

 My favourite I think, Iceberg rose

Time for me to head off to bed now

See you soon

Sue