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Last topic, her small front porch. Garden catalog in hand, tape measure pulled to dimension, blue tape marking chairs/sofa feet. Where exactly should the sofa/2 chairs be placed? About to answer, she quickly said where her 11 year old daughter told her, "Mom, they have to go like this." Great moment, exactly what I was about to answer. Not the 1st time this child has said intuitive things about the garden. We've got our eyes on her !
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Perhaps the most surprising & delightful outdoor seating, below. Those scallop topped barrels, the folding screen, the hard-packed dirt flooring. Is it a private home? A small hotel? What kind of trees are in the barrels? Why is the screen there? Is there anything behind the screen?
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Woman, front left, seems to be texting.
Pic, above, here.
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When I worked at a garden center in the 80's we would get an order of 1/2 whiskey barrels 1/year, sold for $11.99 ea. Unloading them from the truck, fumes so strong, we felt like we could get drunk by osmosis.
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I was a total snob about those whiskey 1/2 barrels until I saw George Washington had used them at Mt. Vernon, and a pic of Rudyard Kipling in India standing on a gorgeous porch, several 1/2 whiskey barrels planted. Now, these full whiskey barrels. Yep, suitable for our ca. 1900 farmhouse.
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Garden & Be Well, XOT