You never know what you’ll spot through a camera lens. I happened to find the beautiful spider web on a bird feeder this morning. Spider webs delight me with their intricacy.
First, I’ll announce the giveaway. It’s from CSN. CSN Stores has over 200 online stores where you can find anything from bar furniture to briefcases, cookware to cribs, and so much more. The gift for the lucky winner is a one-time-use $80 gift certificate to use at any of their 200+ websites. So simply comment on this post, and I will draw a winner on Friday.
Now for gardening between rocks.
I chose to plant in between my flagstone walkway instead of cementing the stones in. But you have to choose the right plants and flowers for success in sandy soil.
You can also add other items of interest, of course.
Above, moss rose in between flagstone. I also leave potting soil around the plant when I put it in the sand, to give it those added nutrients.
I try to choose plants that are drought-tolerant to start with, as the sand will drain so quickly. So herbs, succulents and sedums are a great choice.
I’ve used lots of varieties of thyme and oregano.
Along the path right inside the gate I have mint growing. I want visitors to enjoy the scent when they enter my garden from the back.
In small areas between rocks I’ve added smaller polished stones to hopefully, over time, help keep the sand somewhat in place as it settles.
While I was out running errands this afternoon, I stopped in at Hobby Lobby. I found to my surprise that these stones were on sale half price. So I bought ten three pound bags. Yes, I know it is the hard way to accomplish this task. But I don’t own a pickup to go to the rock yard. I also use these stones when making fairy gardens.
Of course I had to go down nearly every aisle to make sure I didn’t miss any great sales. I will put the half-priced colored bottles on my coffee table under the pavilion. I want to put the half-priced garden sign somewhere under the eaves of the pavilion. And then the Apothecary sign I will put inside, I suppose. I didn’t really need it, but it was priced so darned well I couldn’t pass it up.
See?
Here are the bottles gathered with the others I already owned.
So leave a comment and one of you will win the $80 gift certificate. The winner will be emailed a gift certificate code to use during online checkout. I’m sure I’d be able to find something of interest at more than 200 websites! Good luck!
Love those bottles! Once again, you’ve got me hankerin’ for a trip to Hobby Lobby.
Sign me up for the giveaway, wouldja? Thanks, Brenda.
Hi, Please sign me up for the Giveaway if you would be so kind…thank you! I hope that you have a wonderful day.
Hugs…
Bobbi
No words! Just one though… Amazing! I am in! ~Lulu
Hi, would love to enter your giveaway. I really enjoyed the pictures of your garden which inspire me to work some of your magic in my own garden. Thanks . Have a great week.
Michle
WOW! How fabulous! And we are funny, aren’t we? You buy rocks, I buy seashells! lol Love the pretty bottles and all of your great buys! ♥
I love what you do in your gardens. You can even make bottles look so good. The web picture was awesome. I always think of Charlotte’s Web.
I just adore spider webs too…and the spiders that go with them. My mom raised me to appreciate spiders. Strange I know, but my mom and I are the weird ladies who pick up spiders and move them to safety.
Great idea to fill your pathway with lots of different types of plants. The mint is a fantastic idea. It grows so quickly and invasively it will fill up those spaces and smell good. I also love thyme. Hopefully, our pennywort will spread quickly.
Isn’t Hobby Lobby the best? So glad we have one close. Love that idea of planting between your stones. When it fills in it’s going to be fabulous. Mimi
We all LOVE the HOB LOB!!!!
I just picked up some herbs to plant yesterday….but waiting until next week as we are hearing GASTLY TALES of S.N.O.W Saturday…
I like how you put your mint along your walkway…Yummy.
Have a great week my friend,
xoxo~Kathy @
Sweet Up-North Mornings…
Great giveaway!
OMG, another CSN giveaway and a big one!! I love how you have added plants to your flagstone. I like that natural look. You got some awesome buys at Hob Lob as I call it. I love that Apothecary sign. I am sure you will find a good spot for it.
Beware of that mint! It could cover the entire universe if left unattended… speaking from experience, of course.
Love those glass bottles. A give-a-way too! WOW.
i love hobby lobby too! great shots of your beautiful garden.
You always have the most beautiful photos of your garden. I love your blog. I would love to win your give away! Thanks for the opportunity to enter(smile) Donna
Fantastic bottles, fantastic post and fantastic giveaway!!!
Thank you so much for the tips on what works in sand or even sandy soil. Is moss rose also called portulaca? I want to make sure it is th same thing. I love the mint idea!!
Love your Hobby Lobby goodies. The bottles are awesome and look great grouped together!! And I love the signs.
I have never heard of CSN (it sounds like a detective series) but please enter me in your giveaway!! ;-D
xoxo
Janie
Wow, you SCORED at Hobby Lobby! I wish we had one here. We did when we lived near Chicago and it was a great place to go. I also put in a garden path and am still adding more little lovelies in between the pavers. Maybe once it is shaped up I will post a picture, as well. I’d much rather see little creepers like thyme between the stones then mulch. But I still need to mulch in that garden because it’s not mature and the weeds are a nightmare. This year I’m using cocoa bean mulch! I would LOVE to win this CSN giveaway and am crossing my fingers…. xx P&H
PS: Hope you got my e-mail about your sweet comments on my recent post. You are so, so kind.
I guess I need to get to my Hobby Lobby because I really love your bottles! And your garden is such a delight, it’s so fun to see all you have added. Enter me too, that would be nice to win!
Cindy
I love the idea of using the plants between the flag stone…have you ever tried moss? I have some ordered to plant on the hill behind my house. It is supposed to smother out weeds, so you don’t have to weed eat much…I’ll let you know how they do…~Robyn
I love the plants you have put between your flagstones and the rocks with quotes is a terrific idea.
It is amazing what a little spider can create.
I get into Hobby Lobby and just wander around and around LOL! You scored big time girl!
Would love a chance a chance at the giveaway. GSN has some terrific stuff.
I love your yard. But then you already no that. I hate gardening. But I love to see pretty gardens.
Love the stuff you got on clearance at Hobby Lobby. How I wish we had Hobby Lobby in SoCal. The closest one to me is near Phoenix, AZ. I saw it as I was driving out of town last summer, but didn’t have room in my car to stop. I think I need to go to Phoenix again. lol.
OH, I almost forgot, I love the spider web photo. It’s fabulous!!!
Kim
Thank you for the chance to win this fab giveaway!
I love that you are planting herbs in between the stones. Do you use the herbs when cooking?
I am in awe of what you have accomplished in your back yard.
Hugs,
Penny
I love your site and all your great pictures and “finds” and the gardens–you do a wonderful job and I thank you for sharing it all with the rest of us!!
Hugs, Di
I love your site and all your great pictures and “finds” and the gardens–you do a wonderful job and I thank you for sharing it all with the rest of us!!
Hugs, Di
I love your site and all your great pictures and “finds” and the gardens–you do a wonderful job and I thank you for sharing it all with the rest of us!!
Hugs, Di
I love your site and all your great pictures and “finds” and the gardens–you do a wonderful job and I thank you for sharing it all with the rest of us!!
Hugs, Di
I love your site and all your great pictures and “finds” and the gardens–you do a wonderful job and I thank you for sharing it all with the rest of us!!
Hugs, Di
I love your site and all your great pictures and “finds” and the gardens–you do a wonderful job and I thank you for sharing it all with the rest of us!!
Hugs, Di
I love your site and all your great pictures and “finds” and the gardens–you do a wonderful job and I thank you for sharing it all with the rest of us!!
Hugs, Di
I adore that Love stone. Please count me in for the giveaway
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You did good on your purchases, Brenda. I love the idea of planting between your flagstones. And I love those colorful bottles.
I love the colored bottles and your walkway is splendid. It`s just wonderful. I`d love to do the same but I know our range cattle would eat everything right up! You did a nice job.
Hi Brenda, I read your blog every day but I’m not sure if I’ve ever commented before. I just love all the photos you post–how inspiring they all are! Your home is so welcoming and, well, HOMEY.
Please enter me in your giveaway. Thank you,
Loretta in GA
Your garden gets prettier and prettier Barbara. I had a rock garden by my pool at my previous house. I planted those moss roses in between all of the rocks and it was so pretty in the middle of summer when they were all blooming. I can’t wait to see your garden when it all fills in.
Hi..
love visiting your blog..
especially your garden!
Please enter me in the giveaway!
warmest hugs..laughing smiles..
Loui♥
Ohhhhh! I love those beautiful bottles. Yes, I could find something…hope I win!
Deborah in North Carolina
though I do not have the area for a garden I love looking at how others do theirs up. Lovely items.
msgb245 at gmail dot com
Brenda,
What a great giveaway. Thanks for having it. I love the moss rose between the steppers. Also, thanks for the advise earlier, on the photos.
xo
Robin
I’ll bet the air smells wonderful when someone steps on the herbs and releases the scents!
Love the garden signs…I’d love those for my patio. Wonderful giveaway
Brenda, you find the cutest things! I love the “colored” bottles. I pick them up everytime I come across one.
We have a flagstone project we are working on right now…your’s looks great.
Are you enjoying all the new builds in your garden? It turned out lovely.
Happy Gardening!
Tracy
Can’t wait to see more of your flagstone. I have a flagstone path in a very shady area. would love some suggestions for good plants to use. Your garden is amazing!
OH, sign me up please…I am sure I can blow through that with no problem at all;p
Wish we had hobby lobby here, I see so many bloggers get some amazing deals there…*sigh.*
Thanks for the sweet give-awaky.
I peek in on you every evening to see what you’ve been up to! You are one of my favorites, and your garden and sweet home make me smile… Your wee gardens are just too cute!
I love popping in and seeing what you are doing in your gardens and decor inside and out. You always inspire me. I started a rock garden last year with mainly sedum. I took a picture of how it is doing today but I never got around to blogging. Way behind in the gardening/housework areas needed to spend less time on the computer. Bummer.
Lovely! Thanks for the chance.
What an amazing giveaway=)
I must stop commenting to cross my fingers, lol!
Luvdaylilies at bellsouth dot net
I love to win this Brenda~ thanks for entering me!
Your garden pictures have been such an inspiration to me. Thank you for taking the time to share them.
I love that you put eccheverria in; that’s one of my favorite succulents.
urchiken at gmail dot com
I love your blog…the colors….the pictures…the garden!! You’ve done a great job and it’s so inspiring!! I wish we had a Hobby Lobby here in Northern California!! I would be there all the time!!
Aren’t you lovely! What a great giveaway! Thanks for popping over to my new blog too
Wonderful Giveaway
Thank you for the opportunity
Your garden is breathtaking
love the plantings in the walkway(-:
No Hobby Lobby here but we have Michaels(-: I love that place!
What a giveaway! Yikes I would take a 5 dollar gift certificate…lol(-: You are so generous(-:
Hi, Brenda. This is my first time visiting your blog — You have such a lovely home and gorgeous garden area! Wow, I am so impressed! I will be sure to come back again to visit. (And you know what? I love the color red too — Loved how you used it all around in your garden, especially the red mirror!!)
Best regards,
Gloria
Just popped onto your lovely blog. Your garden is beautiful!
Have a happy day. xx
What a wonderful, eclectic, collection you have, Your house and garden sound enchanting. I love rocks. they are so tactile, and somehow mysterious too, or is my imagination getting the better of me?
I would love to be entered in your giveaway. Blessings
You have such wonderful ideas for your garden!! I wish I lived nearer, i’d love to see it in the flesh!!!
xxxx
I love your photos! Please enter me in your wonderful giveaway, many thanks!
You know I love your gardens and I did get my plant in the mailbox idea to work. Petunias and a Margeurite sweet potato vine. WOuld love to win the gift certificate!
Mary
http://www.primitiveseasons.blogspot.com
Love your colored bottles!
Very lovely, Brenda. I especially like the spider web shot!
Here’s hoping I win your very generous giveaway!
Vera
I love the bottles I’ve been gathering some for a bottle tree that I’m working on for the back yard. Your yard is just getting more lovely every day!!!
Love the bottles Brenda! I wish there was a HL near but, but the closest one is 100 miles away. Looks like you found some great items. Love the ideas for your path.
What a great giveaway! I would love to be entered for a chance to win.
~ Tracy
I’d love to be included in the giveaway! Thanks
You bet I will leave a comment! I am a great CSN shopper. I have bought a number of things from them. The first was my side-board and hutch for the kitchen. It is beautiful and holds my favored dishes. It took the CSN stores three tries to get one to me undamaged, but they did it. After that, I have ordered and looked their first.
Thanks for the hint of what to plant between flagstones.
Hugs,
CurtissAnn
Good morning! You photos of your garden are such a delight! I live in an apartment building
so I can’t have a garden. Thank you for sharing yours! Actually, I have never heard of CSN, but would LOVE to give them a try!
Take care,
Wendy
Don’t you just love those little volunteers that pop up in between the stones? The portulaca is one of my favorites! Your garden and garden skills always evoke a reaction from me…be it a gasp or a sigh…I just love it.
♥, Susan
Wow glad I sneaked out of bed for this giveaway..hahahaha
That place is great and love their items I could sure go shopping with that much money.
Thanks for doing this for us
Love
Maggie
oh I forgot choose my number
Great giveaway! I’d love to win! And, beautiful photos.
Blessings,
Courtney
Those bottles look just beautiful! I’m making a trip to HL on Saturday to return something so I’ll be sure to look for those rocks! I need some!
Manuela
Pretty pics! Count me in for the giveaway please
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everything you planted is wonderful and perfectly placed…looks like they were just naturally there already…beautiful. Love the rocks and your beautiful finds. The colorful bottles look gorgeous out in the sun light outside…Great idea!!!!! Blessings dear bloggy friend. Oh and would love to be added to the giveaway!! How fun!!! Hugs, mica/The Child’s Paper
Your garden looks so special you should be giving tours. I see something different everytime I look at your blog and it is all beautiful.
I love the idea of getting small bags of rocks. Not everyone can handle truckloads.
Hugs, Gretchen
I swear, you are worse than me with the rocks! I like your choice of plants; it will be fun to watch them grow as summer progresses.
Your pictures are always so gorgeous! Thanks for the generous giveaway and an opportunity to win!
A half price sale is always a good thing. I would have grabbed a few bags of the rocks too. I’ve been adding them to the houseplants to discourage a bored kitty from digging in the dirt. Seems to work. Great deal on the signs as well.
Please enter me in your giveaway
Thank you =)
Oh my stars those bottle looks just like jewels glowing on your table. Still planning to make a fairy garden or two this summer thanks to you.
You have the neatest ideas and I LOVE your photographs! This is an awesome give-a-way as well.
You are an amazing photographer. I am terrible with a camera. I have a good friend who is a wild life photographer and he loves to photograph my rescue parrots. Your pics remind me of his. You feel that you can reach out and touch and feel the subject of the photograph. He too says that he goes to another place when he is shooting pics. Magical. Thanks for sharing.
I love your idea of planting stuff between the cracks! That is an awesome idea. Thanks for the giveaway also1 have a blessed day!
Juanita
Me too, I love the way you plant your flowers and herbs in the rock beds. And your colored bottles are magnificent. I want to have those river stones too for my garden. Have a wondeful day!
I’m just getting caught up here. I just love all the different plantings between your pavers. I wish I had more sun where mine are so I more options. I really like the love stone, great idea!!
I am so enamored with your back yard and all there is to see of it! From the smallest of polished stones to the largest rock in the waterfall, plus everything else in between- there is beauty and whimsy. Love all your ideas. Brenda. Thanks for hosting your give-away. Hugs, Sue