{"id":643,"date":"2023-05-16T17:45:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T22:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/?p=643"},"modified":"2023-05-16T17:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T22:45:16","slug":"lets-go-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/?p=643","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Go Outside!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m starting to feel like it’s our home now that I can go outside and get my hands in the dirt. I started by getting a “How To Garden In Texas” book and researching what plants and trees do well here. Texas is so big I needed to find my zone, zone 8b. I also paid attention to what I saw around town.\"\"
\nBrown is the color of the fence and the trellises and the accent color on some of the cottage. With the trees providing quite a bit of shade, I think they need to be given a freshening up.\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" With a new style and fresh white stain, they are being renewed.<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\" The past owners actually cut holes in the fence to let the cats in.\"\" \"\" a new gate leading in from the driveway that swings in now instead of out.\u00a0 \"\" Also a gate that leads to the side yard with a trellis that will have Virginia Creeper crawling up and laying across the top. \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"\u00a0 Not quite finished yet, but we’re off to a great start.<\/p>\n

The backyard was anything but a backyard. Gravel and no personality,\"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

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\"\" grass has made it so much nicer. Still has a little growing to do.<\/p>\n

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We converted the outdoor daybed to a porch swing with rope and a coat of paint, our favorite spot for morning coffee. \"\"<\/p>\n

Westview Nursery has been my go-to place for plants; it just happens to be next to my grocery store. It’s hard not to stop in. Tony gave me a gift card for Mother’s Day. They are so helpful and patient with me as I learn the dos and don’ts of Waco gardening.<\/p>\n

These are now home here at the cottage.<\/p>\n

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I’m starting to feel like it’s our home now that I can go outside and get my hands in the dirt. I started by getting a “How To Garden In Texas” book and researching what plants and trees do well here. Texas is so big I needed to find my zone, zone 8b. I also paid attention to what I saw around town. Brown is the color of the fence and the trellises and the accent color on some of the cottage. With the trees providing quite a bit of shade, I think they need to be given a freshening up. With a new style and fresh white stain, they are being renewed. The past owners actually cut holes in the fence to let the cats in. a new gate leading in from the driveway that swings in now instead of out.\u00a0 Also a gate that leads to the side yard with a trellis that will have Virginia Creeper crawling up and laying across the top. \u00a0 Not quite finished yet, but we’re off to a great start. The backyard was anything but a backyard. Gravel and no personality, grass has made it so much nicer. Still has a little growing to do.         We converted the outdoor daybed to a porch swing with rope and a coat of paint, our favorite spot for morning coffee. Westview Nursery has been my go-to place for plants; it just happens to be next to my grocery store. It’s hard not to stop in. Tony gave me a gift card for Mother’s Day. They are so helpful and patient with me as I learn the dos and don’ts of Waco gardening. These are now home here at the cottage.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transforming"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":697,"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cottagereflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}