One Man's Trash is a Girl's Treasure

Our neighbor had this mailbox out for the trash.

I ran out and made it mine.

 A fun idea was swimming in my mind. 

"How about a mailbox out at the community gardens?"

 A little spray paint and permanent markers.

 My husband helped me put my mailbox up.

"You've Got Mail"

 I named my garden, The Little Garden That Could.

One of my favorite things about gardening out at the community gardens is meeting all the gardeners. Last week Saturday we went out to work. One of our gardening neighbors came over to ask us some questions about bugs. We talked about remedies for bugs and deer. I mentioned my Keep the Deer Out recipe Click here for recipe

The couple asked if I would share the recipe. The husband said to me"Just leave it in your mailbox with the  flag up, we will know to look for it"

I also received a fun little note from a friend in my mailbox, wishing me a great garden season.

 

One man's trash has indeed become a treasure. The Little Garden That Could, has already made me smile.

Stop the Car ~ I need to take a picture

 "Stop the car, I need to take a photo of this house...my little dream house." I say.

My husband slows and I take a photo of this charming house, that I would love to be mine. 

It is so sweet and full of flower gardens.

My husband knows how much I love this property. It is not really on the way to our destination, but every once in awhile, he will take the out of the way route for me to see my house.

Look at that window up top. I do wonder. I would love a peek inside.

Do you have a dream house?

"My mother desires me to tell you that I am a very good housekeeper, which I have no reluctance in doing, because I really think it my peculiar excellence, and for this reason -  I always take care to provide such things as please my own appetite, which I consider as the chief merit in housekeeping."

The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen

Letters to Cassandra November 17 - 18, 1798

 

 

Do you have Deer visit your Garden?

 

 

I am posting this again. It is a new garden season and we all can use advice. Last garden season we used Marv's Deer Juice recipe faithfully.  We even used it on our potatoes and it killed potato bugs!  We call it the "Wonder Spray" and it is all natural.

 

 

 

 

Yes, we have deer in the garden. So far they have not eaten anything. We just find their tracks along the gardens edge.

 Our trick of keeping the deer out of our garden has been Marv's Deer Solution or as my husband calls it, Marv's Deer Juice. He also drew the fun deer on the jug. Our boys just laugh and laugh when they look at dad's art work. :-)

If you have deer trouble in your yard or garden, try the following recipe. It has worked well for us.

Marv's Deer Solution

1 cup milk

2 eggs

1 TBSP dish detergent

1 TBSP cooking oil

Add everything (except dish soap) whip on high in blender. Let settle, add dish soap, put into a gallon jug, fill remaining with water. Let solution sit in the sun to get stinky.

Spray plants and watch the deer walk past.

You must spray again after a rain and the plants are dry.

Do you have a deer solution that works for you?