A few years ago our condo complex bullied us into redoing our patio. At the time…annoying, but now I’m grateful that we were forced into it.
You can see the twin terrors in the door.
Justin and often take our weekend coffee outside to the lounge chairs. The doggies join us until they act up and then back inside. I wish that we were able to let them roam around but as you can see, we are very close to the parking lot and as much as they drive me crazy sometimes, I’d prefer them to not be pancakes.
My jade plant that lives inside during the cold and long Connecticut fall and winters gets a primo spot for the summer. A strong storm a few weeks ago knocked the original pot off the table. The new pot hopefully has enough weight to keep it from a similar fate.
My pride and joy this summer is our container garden. My parents always had a summer garden. I have such fond memories of all the great veggies that we could eat right off the vine. In the past, I’ve attempted a tomato plant but after a heart to heart with Justin, we both agreed, we don’t really like tomatoes. Any basil I planted would dry up from neglect. The New England weather has been like living in the rain forest and for once, everything is growing like crazy. This year we are trying out some basil, cucumbers, green peppers, lavender and sage. If we have one edible cucumber or green pepper, I’ll consider that a victory.
I think some outdoor lights drapped in the trees would be very pretty and provide some nice ambient light in the evening. Something to add to the list…
So once all of the sports championships are over, you can find us out here!
-Kate
I love container gardens, and I’m so bad at gardening and vegetable growing that containers seem so much more manageable. I’ve actually been giving some thought to doing container gardens in the front yard, which is primarily grass. But I’m kind of stumped about how to start and how it will look in the winter when everything has kind of died off.
Tara, I feel like you could plant other stuff in there. I don’t know about the growing season where you are but in our neck woods I see a lot of winter cabbages in window boxes. Quick google search yielded this: http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/5545/a-winter-vegetable-garden-in-northern-california