Garden Gates

Gates offer landscapes and gardens the opportunity to make a great first impression when greeting visitors to the property. Gardeners have a wide variety of styles to choose from. Most of the time, the style of your garden fence or wall will dictate the style of your garden. This doesn't always happen and, in any case, the gate is a special feature in and of itself. My gate is wood and has been painted several times, blue and now red and it's a little rustic. My garden is an attempt to create a English cottage garden. Naturally, there are all kinds of versions of gardens and gateways today. Not every gardener wishes for her entryway to be painted or stained. Some want iron gates others want wood. Post your garden gate so we can see the different styles and decor. I'm posting a mosaic of garden gates that I like and of my garden gate. Would love to see your gate.

Pumpkin Boards

Today I was cleaning the back porch and deck-- everything was so dirty. DH is not a clean-up kinda of guy, but he is a great cook---so I do the cleaning. I wanted to do some fall decorating after the cleaning business was finished. Somewhere on the net I found an article about painting pumpkin boards---which I wanted to try. I do not remember where the article is located so credit goes to cyber space. The only supplies needed are: Pieces of wood in any shape, Sanding paper,Craft paint in orange, black, and white,Paintbrush, Ribbon, Raffia, Nail.

Sand the ends of the board and wipe clean. Apply orange paint,let dry and apply again, let the second layer dry. Paint the face on the board. Nail the nail in top of the board and tie ribbons to the nail. Now you have a pumpkin board that is great to use outside.