Get your patio ready for summer with these thrifty friendly ideas without spending a lot of time or money I’ve had a stare down with the patio right off our kitchen for the last couple of weeks. It won. Between the never ending Spring pollen and an area that needs more then fluffing pillows, I…
Updates from around Duck Manor and the new ducks It couldn’t feel more like Spring around North East Georgia. Beautiful temps, blooming flowers and 5 inches of yellow pollen…..everywhere. I finally gave up and brought most of the outdoor cushions inside just until it slows down. When it does, I will follow my spring cleaning…
Happy Monday! I’m off to a slow start this week. I am nursing a back injury that I got at the gym last week. It seems as though I am not the beast I thought I was. The area above the new light that I hung was missing something, so I picked up this sign…
Welcome to the 2017 Summer Home Tour at Duke Manor Farm.Thanks for stopping by the Summer Home Tour. Special thanks to our host Marty for coordinating summer home tours from 30 amazing bloggers this week. If you are joining from Inspiration for Mom’s , I am so glad that you are here! I love Laura’s newly styled front…
Thanks for joining me for Monday Musings and my Pond and Pool Progress Happy Monday sweet friends. So much is going on around here that I want to catch you up on before I forget. Then it’s all over with and I have moved on to something else! I’m scrambling to get stuff done since…
I must admit, folks around here are a tad bit giddy that the temperatures were in the 70’s yesterday and in the 50’s last night. But sadly, the giddy won’t last too long, it’s suppose to be back in the 80’s tomorrow. So while we wait for fall temps to really arrive, I wanted to share a…
The Fall season wouldn’t be complete without some mums. Splashes of yellow, white, burgundy and purple Chrysanthemum surrounded by pumpkins and gourds immediately puts us in the fall mood. I have put together a few tips on how to care for fall mums because unfortunately some maintenance, although not anything too troubling or difficult is necessary to keep them looking…
Right now we are experiencing some pretty hot temps around North East Georgia, which is fairly typically for August, and unfortunately we have deficit in rainfall so most grasses, plants and flowers are looking rather blah and hot. But despite these summer conditions I put together a list of 5 no maintenance summer plants that seem to rise…
Welcome to the Summer Tour at Duke Manor Farm 2016. If you are joining from Jenna’s at Rain on a Tin roof, welcome. I am so happy to have you here. If you are new to Duke Manor Farm you can catch up on my real life funny farm here. Yes…it’s true, donkey’s and chickens really…
Happy Weekend. Last week while I was on Spring Break, I changed zip codes to www.topthistopthat.com and never got a chance to tell you. I have a feeling something may have gotten lost in translation with the changes updating my feeds, so I wanted to share a few posts that went out after the change,…
Welcome to the home tour at Duke Manor Farm. We found the land, drew up the plans, built the house…..and are living happily ever after. Things out here in the country are a tad bit quiet so we are always happy when friends drop by. So here’s our story…..15 years ago my husband and I decided to take…