Garden bargains and freebies

Hi there

Ben helping me potting the plants

I love garden bargains and am known to stalk the mark down rack at the local garden centre / hardware shop.  Most of the time the plants just need some re potting, water and TLC and they are as good as the ones at triple the price or more!

my little helper

The boys love to play in the back yard and we have a groovy play set and trampoline for them to use.  I like to be out with them most of the time when they are playing, so I can keep an eye on things.  I bought a bench seat and table off Gumtree for $40 about 12 months ago and set it up under a tree, so that in summer I could watch the boys and keep in the shade.  As it is winter, now I need the opposite!

My seat in summer

I had the same type of seat under our patio and it wasn't very functional there, so I moved it into a sunny spot in the yard, where I can happily sit in the sun, have a coffee and supervise the boys.

It needed a little something to pretty it all up, so here is what I did.

warming winter sun

We had Council cleanup a few weeks ago and I found these two terracotta pots on the side of the road.  Nothing wrong with them, so I nabbed them and popped them in the back of the car.  The big pot would have cost a lot to buy new - probably over $30 at least. I love council cleanup.

I popped down to our local large hardware store last week to see if they had any seedlings (yes they did but too expensive for me), and they had these two plants on the clearance rack, looking a bit droopy and sad but at a great price of $1 each.  I grabbed them.

only $1 each

Using my lovely compost from one of the veggie garden beds I filled the pots up and potted up the plants that were half dead - funny after a good water, they were as good as new!  I also had an old pot in the shed which I put the half price punnet of begonias into.

Now a lovely spot to sit and have a coffee

So I have a nice looking little sitting area, which will be blooming with lovely little flowers very soon and all for (nearly) FREE!

Gotta love (nearly) FREEBIES!  LOL

All snuggled up watching a movie.  It's cold outside!

Love

Rach

xxxxxx