Sunday, November 13, 2011

Outdoor Decorating Begins

The snow is falling
so before the soil in my planters and urns freezes
I have to start the outdoor decorations
fresh pine boughs and red dogwood branches
are the beginning.

In a few weeks I will add some mini white lights
and bulbs to the branches in my urns.
So...it begins!
Update! 
I took some old maple syrup buckets and am using
them for my outdoor natural decorations...
so, pine branches, dogwood and sumack
make up the final look.


linking this up to:
A Bowl Full of Lemons
À tantôt

9 comments:

  1. Donna, they look so beautiful! I love the idea of planting bulbs in the boxes to bloom in spring! Is it still snowing?

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  2. Hey Pamela that is a good idea! I guess that would work though. I actually mean Christmas bulbs. I usually hang some red glass bulbs from the pine boughs in my urns to add some colour....but I hold off until December 1.
    Yes, Pamela, it was a winter wonderland here yesterday although raining in Quebec city.

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  3. Oh Donna, it is all beginning to look so beautiful! I can just imagine how lovely it must look with the lights twinkling at night.

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  4. LOVE the greenery, and I want to see photos with the little white fairy lights! :D

    xoxoxoxo,
    Ricki Jill

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  5. So pretty, especially the red dogwood branches!

    Have a wonderful week.

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  6. I usually wait to put up the lights but....I noticed a neighbour putting his up today! We usually have a December 1st rule around here.
    Once up I will do the boxes and urns 'full force' as we say here.

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  7. Beautiful! How do you get the branches to stay put in the urns? And how to you keep the urns from blowing away in the winter winds?

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    1. The urns are made of cast iron and not the plastic variety so they stay put. I would imagine rocks in the bottom of the plastic ones would help keep them in place. Now, as for the branches....well that is always a bit tricky. I try to get them into my pots before freezing. I have soil in the bottom, not a lot but enough to hold the branches in place. Once it freezes they are there for the winter. Not a great way to do things, I realize but with out weather it seems to be the only one that works. :)

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