The other day Andy and I went to our favorite Plant Zoo, Bennett Nurseries. I was on the hunt for a cute fern to put on our porch table. Of course we found some other treasures along the way (large veggie plants for $3!!)

I found the fern I was looking for!

I adore everything about Echinacea, so we got some for the front porch!

The house across the street is undergoing some restoration to the outside. I’m not sure what all they are doing, but they’ve ripped off all of the siding, added insulation, and now have plywood in place. I’m glad I snapped these when I did…I’m a sucker for photos like this, and the next day everything was covered up! I didn’t feel brave enough to sneak a peak at their building permit, but I’m curious to know what all they are planning to do.

Last fall we planted our first Hydrangea plant, and this year it grew bigger! This is our first whole season with it, and it’s doing wonderful! Each year, I’d like to gather and dry out blossoms from the garden and give them each their own frame and note what they are and what year we grew it. I’d like for my dining room walls to eventually be covered with framed mementos from our garden each year. I think it’d be a great way to remember and commemorate what we are doing at this point in our lives.

Our St. John’s Wort is taking over it’s bed! I love the bright, yellow flowers…you can bet we’ll be framing a stalk of it 🙂

We have Four O’Clocks along the front of our house, and now coming up along the side of the porch. They are awesome! They smell fantastic and are very prolific. We haven’t done a thing to them, and every year they fill in so beautifully!

I love it when the yellow and pink mix and create neat flowers 🙂 I’d really like to add some white ones in the mix eventually.

The limbs on this tree in the backyard are almost to the ground…well, when it rains they drag on the ground! It creates such a beautiful canopy.

Again, the trees provide such a nice screen.