The Fairy Garden

Tucked away in a quiet, somewhat hidden corner of our yard, is a small garden.  It is easily accessible from the house and Jim has been wanting to use that spot to start an herb garden.   There's more room than what is needed for herbs, so we decided to use the perimeter of the garden for a fairy garden.  These rocks already resided there, he just rearranged them and built the facade and the door.

We decided to go get some herbs and small plants today.  Three garden centers later, we found some.  In the time we drove around looking for a place that either (a) was open on Sunday or (b) had a decent variety of herbs, we could have grown them from seed!  Anyway, we found both herbs and some succulents and got them planted. 

 

Then, of course, I looked around to see what else I could use in this little garden.  I don't really want to buy a bunch of stuff for this, I want to be a little creative.  Of course I first checked out Pinterest to get some ideas, and decided that I could use some stones I had (the kind that usually go in the bottom of a flower vase) and cut up some twigs (Mother Nature has graciously pruned the trees, so there are plenty of small twigs to be found) and make a fire pit.  Jim made the benches to go around it.  I made sure to leave them a nice, hefty stack of firewood.  And that's where we are. 

 It's definitely a work in progress and will continue to evolve.  I'll continue to share it with you.  Let me know if you have any ideas to share.  

Until next time.....