tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60094643606694285292024-03-13T10:18:23.430-04:00Trials & Tribulations of a Southern GardenerDirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.comBlogger430125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-912622186909377582013-04-25T22:53:00.002-04:002013-04-25T22:53:35.188-04:00Fertilizer Friday 4.26.13
Happy Friday! I am joining Tootsie today for Fertilizer Friday.
I will kick things off with a splash of color.....
I'm not sure what this is to be honest with you. I think it is some type of azalea??? I dunno. It is old. It has been here forever.
I have been making new flower beds. The Dirt Queen (aka my mom) and the Hydrangea Queen (aka my buddy) have been giving me lots Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-53758335790536367222013-04-19T11:37:00.000-04:002013-04-19T11:37:12.041-04:00Feed Them and They Will Come
When I lived at my old house, I fed the birds all the time....and never had a one!!!!! I would go to my neighbors and they would have birds every where. I finally gave up and stopped wasting bird feed.
About 3 years ago I bought this bird feeder from a garden show. It has been in the box since then. We moved into our house last Spring, and I didn't do anything out in the yard since I was Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-6784983049554872682013-04-09T06:53:00.002-04:002013-04-09T07:08:36.761-04:00Planning a Nursery.....
...not that kind of nursery...this kind of nursery....
A baby nursery. When I found out I was pregnant I would look at all the boy/girl stuff. There is a million times more stuff for girls than there is for boys!!!! As many options as there are for girls, I could not find a single baby bedding set that I liked. I really didn't know if I would ever find anything I liked. I had a Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-44972462169717878362013-04-05T13:01:00.000-04:002013-04-07T21:22:30.149-04:00Fertilizer Friday - 4/5/13
It's been a while....
That seems to be the opening of the last few blog posts I have done. I have a lot going on these days and I am finally sprucing this yard up.
Today I am going to link up to my 'ol pal Tootsie for Fertilizer Friday.
I took these pictures a few weeks ago before it got freezing cold, the hot, then cold, then hot, then rain, then there was a wind storm and now its Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-56948251736548887582012-10-14T18:17:00.000-04:002012-10-14T18:17:28.224-04:00Out with the Old and in with the Older!
When we moved into this house, I knew I wanted to find an old farm sink to replace the one that was there. I knew just the place to get that farm sink too! A few weeks prior to this photo I had made the trip to Andalusia, Alabama to Sweet Gum Bottom Antiques and picked up my farm sink....and a few other goodies :-). We'll get to those goodies later.
Anyway, this house was my best friends Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-5365748089228231272012-10-09T20:51:00.002-04:002012-10-09T20:51:55.608-04:00Roughin' Things Up
It's been so long since I have done a blog post I forgot how to use this new interface! Guess I need to start blogging more!
Well the house has come a loooong way since I took these pictures, so I will try to catch you up!
The first thing I wanted to do when we moved in was paint the cabinets....
They were a dark stain, and I just couldn't live with it. The living room walls are Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-74974692206859410912012-07-23T19:11:00.000-04:002012-07-23T19:11:03.641-04:00Settling In
Ya'll don't fall out in the floor.......I'm sure some of you see this in your blog feed and thought I had fell off the face of the earth. I know it has been a looooong time since I did a post. Numerous reasons I haven't been posting.........in no particular order:
1) Moving is hard work
2) Unpacking is hard work
3) I'm having a baby with the most amazing man in the world ( the amazing man Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-58634777993302215712012-05-15T21:20:00.000-04:002012-05-15T21:20:05.941-04:00Flyin' High
Most of you have been following my blog for a while....so you know I have been looking for a job in my field (design, architecture, project management) for quite some time. Well, 4 years and 4 months to be exact. I have had jobs since then....but they were what I call "filler" jobs. They were just jobs. Nothing that I wanted to do the rest of my life.
After many years, I FINALLY got the Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-84037851395955630052012-05-07T14:46:00.001-04:002012-05-07T14:46:42.663-04:00Gettin' Ready
Hey guys....I have been working on getting things together for my "new to me" house. You can check it out here: http://thedirtprincess.blogspot.com/2012/05/pulling-it-together.html
I am heading out the Dirt Queen's garden now to get some shots.
Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-38486114377058395832012-04-27T07:25:00.002-04:002012-04-27T07:25:54.117-04:00Fertilizer Friday - 4/27/12
Whoo hoo it's Friday!!! time to visit with Tootsie and see all the flowers gardeners are flaunting.
I haven't taken any pics in a week or so....a lot has changed since I took these.
Confederate Jasmine....which smells REALLY good
Beginning bloom of a coneflower
Purple Coneflower
Bottlebrush tree
Playboy Rose
The Veggie garden
Garden keeper
Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-19841161709178530492012-04-04T19:51:00.002-04:002012-04-04T19:51:27.438-04:00It's Feedin' Time!Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-18665617990888545422012-03-27T11:46:00.000-04:002012-03-27T11:46:43.216-04:00Mobile Historic Tour of Homes - OakleighOakleigh is one of Mobile's most historic houses. It was built in 1833 and became a museum in 1955.
The house was built by James Roper. He borrowed $20,000 from the government to buy the property, build the house, purchase slaves and farm equipment. He was a cotton farmer, and also owned a brick company.
I have always been interested in the history of these old homes, especially the Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-1668916505388838772012-03-21T12:41:00.000-04:002012-03-21T12:41:33.770-04:00Mobile Historic Homes Tour - Rutherford HouseFor YEARS I have wanted to go on the Mobile Historic Homes Tour, and have never been able to go. I FINALLY made it this year, and I can promise you I will never miss another one. Mobile is rich in history, and I was amazed at some of the stories these houses hold.
The houses on this tour are not what you envision when you think "old" Mobile. Most people think plantations, with big porches, Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-9091255731861286282012-03-19T19:39:00.000-04:002012-03-19T19:39:23.216-04:00Inquiring MindsWell...inquiring minds want to know where I've been. Well I've been pretty busy since my last post! I've been turkey hunting and killed a few turkeys, I have been working on 2 different houses, and went on a historic homes tour. I took plenty of pictures though, don't worry. So check back on Wednesday when I start my post on the historic homes.
I have been getting some very entertaining Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-46348070696117033382012-03-05T15:58:00.000-05:002012-03-05T15:58:03.559-05:00Crenshaw Daylily FarmLET THE SUN SHINE!!!! I am so happy to see some sun rays outside! It has been so ugly, foggy, gloomy, dreary, cold, damp and BLAH here for the past week. Today it is GORGEOUS outside. I really want to be outside gettin' some sun on these white legs....but that will have to wait *sigh*.
Friday I had a fun day with the Dirt Queen (aka my mom ) and the Hydrangea Queen. We ventured across the bay (Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-48733628399743123872012-02-24T11:06:00.000-05:002012-02-24T11:06:25.781-05:00Fertilizer Friday Feb 24, 2012TGIF!!! Today I am linking up with my old friend Tootsie...well she's not old....ya'll know what I mean!!! I am joining her for Fertilizer Friday!
I bought an old chest of drawers at an antique store last week and had to go pick it up. I enlisted the Hydrangea Queen to help me do this.
When we were headed back home, I was driving and blabbering about something and she yells, "BULBS!!!". Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-55921850970726627112012-02-23T14:14:00.000-05:002012-02-23T14:14:33.974-05:00dirt Is up!!!!!!!Hey ya'll! My new website it up and going!!! I can chat about gardening here and design over THERE.
Hope ya'll will visit me and both places. I will be sharing some great gardening pics here again soon!
Come see me!
http://thedirtprincess.blogspot.com/
Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-78433887768765267092012-02-01T10:37:00.000-05:002012-02-01T10:37:07.400-05:00What's Poppin'Where does the time go!?!?!?! I have been busy working on another blog venture which I can't wait to share with ya'll.
I took these photos a few weeks ago while I was hunting. I was walking down the road and saw them. I thought they were precious :-)
I have been contemplating a design blog for a while, and I finally made the executive decision to just do it! I will keep my gardening Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-40092495528167321772012-01-03T12:57:00.003-05:002012-01-06T16:06:40.762-05:00How the Queen Decks the Halls
I know Christmas is over, but I wanted to share the Dirt Queen's (my mom) Christmas decor with ya'll. I meant to do this before Christmas, but never got around to it.
My life size nutcracker greets visitors as they enter the foyer. Hopefully next Christmas my nutcracker and I will have a new home.
She even decorates the top ofDirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-28482767448979925062011-12-16T09:51:00.000-05:002011-12-16T09:51:51.780-05:00Christmas at Garden LakeI like different. I'm definitely an "outside of the box" type person. I had a boss once who actually introduced me to people as his "outside the box" designer. I like to get online and look at the local real estate website of houses that are for sale. Seems like 75% of them have the same cookie cutter look and design. I can look at a house and tell you all about a person.
This house.....is Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-15681948767247917802011-12-12T21:23:00.000-05:002011-12-12T21:23:13.164-05:00That's Not A Baby?Well I can't believe it's been two months since I blogged. Where does the time go? I've got plenty of blogging to do, just have to find the time to do it.
I will kick it off with Fred Bassett. If you don't know Fred, or have never heard of him....then you should.
This is Fred. Fred is a certified master bird bander. That's right....MASTER. Now, I'm not sure what one has to do to become Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-46948233682307323042011-10-12T19:27:00.000-04:002011-10-12T19:27:23.279-04:00We May Have an Issue???
Thought ya'll would like to go on a tour of the Dirt Queen's (my mom) house. She goes all out for every holiday....which is probably where I get it from. However.....i'm worried we may have a slight issue. You see the Dirt Queen loves Goodwill and any other thrift store. LOVES it to the point that I joke with her that oneday my brother and I will probably have to do an intervention. I will Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-3492654995940447602011-10-10T19:38:00.000-04:002011-10-10T19:38:57.455-04:00Fall for Front PorchesI rode through the Hydrangea Queen's neighborhood the other day and took some pics of porches that are decorated for Fall. It got dark on me, so some of the pics are dark. Sorry.
This one was REALLY cute! I planned on going back to get a better picture, but I never did :-(
Just to clarify...the Hydrangea Queen is my best friend from my garden club. The Dirt Queen is my Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-56410155669104099312011-10-06T15:26:00.000-04:002011-10-06T15:26:14.007-04:00Hydrangea Queen's Antiques
I have been having issues leaving comments on several blogger pages. Not sure if something isn't working properly?? I changed my commenting to a pop up window...because I am not getting many comments. Either ya'll don't love me anymore or people are having issues commenting too. Any ideas?
I have the pleasure of house sitting this week for the Hydrangea Queen. The weather has been so nice.Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009464360669428529.post-65163587886872975842011-10-04T16:05:00.000-04:002011-10-04T16:05:13.485-04:00Hittin' Up the Consignment ShopsI've been playing around with a new blog layout. I can't quite get my header to do what I want it to do...so until I can figure out to get it how I want it, it will just have to look like that.
I went to a few consignment stores a few weeks ago with a girl friend and we found some really cute stuff.I didn't have my camera with me, so some of these are cell phone pics.
I thought these lamps were Dirt Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com4