Picking Garden Fountain

As the gardening season is coming to an end (at least for me!) I realize I hadn't posted about my picking garden in a while... and I missed the newest addition- a fountain that was given to us this summer by my parents!

After re-arranging some plants, we placed it right in the middle.  

It's more like a birdbath at this point, since we don't have electric going to that garage.  But Mike did some prep work for that before we had the driveway paved, so maybe we'll put that on next year's to do list.

 

October Yard Sale Finds!

Just when I expect yard sale season to come to an end, we get some really good finds!

Here's what I brought home...

For the Dining Room:

Oval platter with blue & purple flowers
$2

Round platter with yellow flowers
$1

Round fancy bowl (perfect for mashed potatoes!)
$3

A gravy boat
$1

Christmas decorations:

Church candle holder
$3

Icicle glass ornaments
$3 for 11 of them

For the Kitchen:

Antique Whisk
$4

 These are selling for $10-20 online.

Antique berry juicer/strainer (not sure if that's really the name!)
$6

 These seem to be around $10-15 online.

Photography Collectibles:

Elkay Film Developer Tank
$1

I'm most excited about this one.  After a quick search, I found them selling for $20-$30.



It's not like I'm going to be selling any of them, but it's always fun to find out that something I liked is worth more than I paid for it!

Happy October!

Look what's growing in the goat yard....

Can you believe that's a big pumpkin vine?  And if you look inside...

There are 8 of them growing!

We often throw extra veggies in the goat pen for a treat.  

We must have tossed some pumpkins back there last fall!  

I'm happy the goats haven't treated it as a buffet!

We picked them over the weekend and have decorated around the yard...
-2 on the fence posts of the driveway leading to the barn
-1 by the back driveway entrance, on our sign post
-2 on the stone wall at the entrance to my picking garden
-3 on the front porch

Phase 5- Tree House Complete!

We left off with tar paper on the roof, and now the shingles are up too!

Mike finished up the "bridge" that goes to the lookout tree:

It's was a bit scary, since it's over 10 feet off the ground!








And then the cargo net arrived- Mike had custom ordered it for the length & width we needed.  We got the green color so it will blend in with the pine trees.











We ran the cargo net under the bridge, so that it's more secure if the boys lost their footing on the bridge.

We're calling it complete!

The boys decided to decorate by having their guests sign in...

I'm pretty sure this won't be very cool when they're 14 years old!  ha ha!

I love this one!

Related posts:
Phase 1: Building the platform
Phase 2: Framing the sides & putting up siding
Phase 3: Ladder & roof framing
Phase 4: Roof & Rope