Organized Clutter

The front yard junk garden border is filling in nicely in mid June.  I live in northern Minnesota with a Zone 3 garden. Below, I have captioned the flowers planted with links to more information.

  Along my deck, it's kind of shady on one end and kind of sunny on the other.  I planted an English Ivy and two red seed geraniums in my smaller chicken feeder.

Today I'm sharing some of my recent thrift shop & garage sale finds. This wooden magazine rack with tooled leather sides was found at Goodwill.  I may remove the leather or paint it as it smells sort of musty.  I paid $7.99.

I found this navy blue metal decor truck at Dollar General.    I paid $10 for it.  I gave it a small upcycle with decor transfers, and placed it on my deck with a succulent!

I added a few dianthus to the end of the deck here, along with a sedum. The others came up from last year.  These dianthus are sold as 6 pack annuals but they are very hardy and survive several seasons even in Zone 3. Now let's check out some deck planters!  There are links to more info on most of the annuals in the post.

I found this old W. H. Barber Oil Company metal wall container at the local thrift shop for $2.  It may have hung a gas station wall. I repurposed it as a great junk garden decor piece below!

This Lantana topiary was one of my April purchases in the Twin Cities. It was not cheap.  At one greenhouse, the Lantana topiaries were $89, but I was able to find this one for $49. I planned my front side patio plantings around the colors in this topiary and deer resistance!  I have added links to more info on all my plant choices below.

  I think this was a candle stand that may have had a glass part too.  I found it at the thrift shop a few years ago and just ran across it in my shed. I gave it a quick and easy repurpose!

I found this iron birdcage stand at a local antiques and consignment shop. I brush painted it with two coats of  Dixie Belle Chalk Finish Paint in Caviar .

Today I'm sharing my very first feature in HGTV magazine! See my feature and the story behind it.