White Flowers

I finally nailed down a color scheme for the backyard flowers . . . it's WHITE. Well white and green!
No crazy earth shattering news . . . just white flowers for the backyard!

 I Love white flowers they seem so elegant to me!
We started out with a tall black planter with some pretty petunias in it. We placed it just outside the garage door! I spent all of last year looking for a tall black planter at a decent price, I finally found one at Homesense for $40.

 

 I love petunias, but the one thing I don't love about them in all the dead heading that goes along with them! It's easier if they're easily within reach. I once had a petunia hanging baskets and spent many hours that summer with my arms above my head trying to dead head the darn thing. Here I am dead heading away . . . 

Next we added some impatiens and alyssum in pots on the steps. I love potted flowers going down steps! Sing it with me  "Step by Step . . . ooooo baby"

We're working on phase two right now. Here's what phase one looked like:
Phase 1:
-Set up raised vegetable beds (our own little victory garden). 
-Plant geraniums in pots on the back steps. 
-Plant Apple and Pear Trees. 
-Plant cedar trees. 
-Add a compost bin.  


And here's where we are on phase two.
Phase 2:
-Add large planter beside garage door. 
-Plant a shade tree at the back of the yard.
-Change out boring metal garage door, with a pretty wood and glass one.
-Add an outdoor sofa, maybe a sectional.

In phase 3 we plan on adding a small, very low deck so that we have somewhere to host a little dinner outside! But that's at least a year away . . . maybe more!

I hope you're lov'in the white as much as we are!!!

btw, did you notice our new navigation bar?? It drops down! Under cook you can find all of our recipes categorized, and under organize you can find our solutions room by room. I hope it makes finding posts easier!!