Wednesday Vignette: 'Fess Up

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It's plants, isn't it?  Rhombophyllum dolabriforme

Confess:  what's on your patio table?  It's not a beautiful teapot set on a beautiful tea towel, with a vase of Sunflowers and a plate of delicious scones in view.   Or a pitcher of frosty lemonade and a bowl of perfect lemons.

It's plants, cuttings, garden tools, and spilt potting soil isn't it?  With a dead bouquet, a jar of fish food, and a lot of dust.  Isn't it?


Confess!  Also enjoy more Wednesday Vignettes at Flutter and Hum on this Summer Solstice.   Summer.  Ugh. 

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  1. Anna KJune 21, 2017 at 9:17 AM

    Haha - exactly. I'll add a couple of broken pots to that, too! :D

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    1. Hoover BooJune 21, 2017 at 2:40 PM

      I finally threw the broken pots out. That's why they are missing. ;^)

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  2. Anna KJune 21, 2017 at 9:18 AM

    Oh, and Happy Midsummer to you!

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  3. Mark and GazJune 21, 2017 at 9:48 AM

    That made me laugh! A true gardener's table!

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    1. Hoover BooJune 21, 2017 at 2:41 PM

      There's enough dirt on there to germinate some seeds.

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  4. Kris PetersonJune 21, 2017 at 11:34 AM

    Well, my patio table has a nice pot with water-starved succulents I need to take care of and lots and lots of leaf and floral debris dropped by the blanket-y blank messy mimosa tree. I swept up the back patio yesterday but, 5 minutes later, you wouldn't have known it. I'm trying to ignore it at the moment...

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    1. Hoover BooJune 21, 2017 at 2:44 PM

      So no teapot and scones, eh? I thought so. :)

      Tired of the Mimosa tree???

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    2. danger gardenJune 21, 2017 at 7:41 PM

      3 potted plants, 1 cement vase and a tillansia...oh and tons and tons of debris from the Fir trees behind us.

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    3. Hoover BooJune 22, 2017 at 1:01 PM

      It's the Fir trees fault!

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  5. outlawgardenerJune 21, 2017 at 4:30 PM

    Thanks for the laugh of recognition! I have areas set aside for such things but somehow the patio table is always full of garden stuff, projects to be done, the latest nursery haul. I love you for sharing this!

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  6. UnknownJune 22, 2017 at 11:41 AM

    You nailed it, all right...though at the moment the table on the deck reflects the cleanup/dressup wrought for Fathers' Day BBQ (annual croquet tourney foiled by rain).

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    1. Hoover BooJune 22, 2017 at 1:00 PM

      Rain?!? You got beautiful, wonderful, glorious rain while down here we fried in the heat? Next yea,r let's trade gardens.

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  7. Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)June 22, 2017 at 2:15 PM

    Your patio table is just the way I like it! Mine is currently empty because I cleaned it recently.

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    1. Hoover BooJune 23, 2017 at 8:25 AM

      Good for you! I'm embarrassed mine is so dusty. I will get out there and wash it. All the cuttings sitting there are callused and ready to plant.

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  8. Diana StuderJune 24, 2017 at 3:12 PM

    I had a potting table in Porterville. A real sturdy built with brick sides and a slate tiled top one.
    I miss that.

    Our patio tables are a pretty twirly metal pattern, with lot of gaps to lose bits. Sigh. My mess is lined up on the steps, OFF the table ...

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    1. Hoover BooJune 24, 2017 at 7:09 PM

      Brick sides, slate top--that sounds wonderful. My potting table came off the side of the road, someone threw it out. It is in full sun so stuff ends up on the patio table which is in full shade.

      Twirly metal pattern sounds good for a real table. I've done some potting up on the stairs myself, they work pretty well.

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