My weak attempt at gardening....

So, I may have mentioned a time or two that I don't do bugs. Like at all. Spiders in particular. Once there was a spider on the floor of the tub when I was mid-shower and when I saw it I jumped THROUGH the curtain (bringing the whole assembly down with me) and ran through the house screaming towards my unsuspecting husband who was kind enough to 1. Shut off the water, 2. Kill the wicked spider, and 3. Replace the shower curtain & bar so I could finish.

So needless to say, when it comes to gardening, I'm more of a floral foam sorta gal. IF, and thats a big fat hugeeeeeeee IF, I plant anything, its in a container, never in the ground (that's where the most bugs are).

Well whats a girl who is afraid of bugs to do when she wants some lovely outdoor flowers? Find a container and plant them from the safety of her deck :)

Well wouldn't you know, that's just what I did :)

Only, I'm not a traditional gal, so of course I wanna plant my stuff in somethin' funkayyyyyyyyy

It all started with this:


My WONDERFUL friend Flip-Flopping Mamma gave me this FABULOUS enameled pot last year. It has rusted through on the bottom resulting in a few small holes so I thought it would be GREAT for flowers! Obviously, to fill that thing with dirt would make it incredibly heavy (believe me...I did it last year), so this year I filled it 1/2 with Styrofoam peanuts and 1/2 with potting soil. MUCH MUCH easier to move around!

But it doesn't stop there...now I'm on the lookout for more "unlikely" garden containers. Take a look at my next unsuspecting victims......

What sorts of funky stuff do you have in your yard?

PS-I am having exploratory surgery tomorrow to find out why these fertility treatments haven't worked thus far. I will try to maintain regular posts this week, but if I don't come around for a couple days, that's why ;)