...my lush garden window box ~ a diy weekend project

hello girlie girls!!

i trust that you all had a perfectly nice extended weekend:)

hubby o'mine and i decided

that we needed a little more

green in our courtyard

so we took full advantage of the "extra" day

and set out to install

a lush garden window box

 

 

these are all the pretty plants that i had placed around the courtyard

earlier this spring,

but was finding the days growing hotter

and felt it was time to "plant them" in some soil

as i do enjoy their greenery and pretty flowers:)

  

this is the bland corner in our courtyard

and

here's where the "window box" comes in!

when my peeps were younger

dear hubby built them a sand box to play in

now as you know,

Nathan just graduated HS

soooo

yah no

i don't think he's got any interest in the sand box anymore!!

and yes,

we should have let it go years back!

but we didn't!

that being said,

we took inventory of supplies we already had on hand

and thought

why not plant a window box???

  and so we did...

  

now most of you know,

that for the present moment

we are renting this lovely home

so anything we do needs to be

well

temporary...

as you just never know when those north winds are going to come blowin'!!

so we placed the "window box" in the courtyard corner,

laid some landscape fabric on the inside

and stapled it aallll the way around to secure it like so...

next,

we placed our fountain base up on cement blocks

to raise it up a bit...

then hubby o'mine installed a water line

that comes on automatically every other day

and it will also refill the fountain bowl

(such a smart hubby!)

   

next came the rock base for drainage...

roses hate wet roots!!

 dust~y!!

 

and then we placed all the plants around

to see just how we wanted to see them...

there is a white, double flower, clematis that you can't see just yet

but it will climb on that back trellis,

 between the arborvitae bushes,

and on each side there are the rose trees that will bloom white roses

then there is the fabulous smelling lavenders

and up front pretty, white mini carnations...

 

after a few minor adjustments,

we planted them in some good soil,

and then added a layer of mulch for moisture retention

(it gets realllly HOT here)

((a DRY hot!!))

(((so hot, as soon as you step outside, you feel like a dried apricot!!)))

 

i had forgotten about these strands of star lights

which were tucked away

until hubby rounded the corner with them ~

dangling in his hands ~

and a BIG smile on his face!!

(such a romantic thought!)

so now,

 when we sit out in the courtyard,

it will always be "under the stars"

sweet, summer romance!

  

i'm still deciding  on this hand blown fairy ball...

perhaps a bit much?

and i need to do a little touch up paint job

                                                                               but,

what is your opinion??

  

 i must say,

we are really enjoying our new

lush garden window box

although i don't think we could hang this baby off of the house!

and the fact that my children once played within that box

makes it even more sentimental :)

sharing this post with

Faded Charm's: White Wednesday

here's to thinking "outside of the box"

lol!!