My Courtyard Garden

Hi everyone! It's been awhile......I hope you're having a great week!

I have a few things I'd like to share with you.

So, this year I extended my garden and added a few new but very old architectural elements.

I love to cook and use fresh herbs from my own garden.

There's just something about growing it yourself, picking if fresh and then adding to your favorite dish.

Since my courtyard is small, I decided to make it a container garden.

I had the good fortune of rescuing three wonderful old cast irons sinks on stands from a farm that was going to be demolished. They have an amazing patina of crusty chippy old white paint with rust, and a porcelain interior with a drain. Perfect for the garden!!

The first one I filled with a black raspberry plant, an old iron trellis and fresh oregano to trail over the sides of the sink.

and the other two

I put on each side of the birdcage. I loaded them to the brim with every kind of herb I love to use. I chose fennel, dill, oregano, chives, thyme, rue, curly parsley, flat leaf parsley, mint and sage to name a few.

I filled old french wine barrels with cherry tomato plants and.....

added this handsome old cement duck, with crusty iron feet, to keep a watch on the garden.

Soon to come, I have a few more pictures to post of my garden and some exciting news about my new blog and website redo!

THANK YOU for stopping by and stay tuned!

Debra