Mums The Word

We've been mum planting fools around our hizzy. Well, I have been...Talon doesn't dabble in flower planting. Aren't mums the prettiest? They scream fall and this far have been super easy to keep alive. Which is a definite plus. I loved the mums that had all of the colors mixed....they were also cheaper than buying 3 different color mums and planting them yourself. Score. Everything got a mum in it....small pots.....Hanging baskets.....And big pots:)
Has anyone else went a little crazy mum planting lately?

It's a bird...It's a plane...

It's a pumpkin! A pumpkin with 3 functions! 1st and foremost it served as orangey fall goodness in it's original state for about an hour after I brought it home. Then I took a cutting knife to it. From there, it ended up looking like a butchered cut of meat. It was bad. Real bad. So, I left it up to Tal to fix the poor thing {note: it was so bad he tried to get me to go back to the store and just buy a new one}. I present to you....the proper cutting of a pumpkin....See when I cut it...I just kind of winged it to try and get a straight cut all the way across. Epic fail. It was Talon that thought up the oh so smart idea of drawing an even line all the way around Mr. Pumpkin....And then we brought back out the cutting knife. This time with a path to follow....Then the pumpkin's second life began....as a beer cooler for Tal's birthday...I talked about the birthday here. Unfortunately, I didn't get a really good picture when it was all filled with ice but you get the jest...After the birthday celebration....I turned it in to a pot holder for a mum.....I love mums...you would never know...I mean I haven't bought upwards of 10 in the past week or anything....I paired the pumpkin plant with a fake scary pumpkin for some more Halloween decor....Isn't that the creepiest face ever.....but I guess scary pumpkins aren't suppose to be smiling:)
I've definitely gotten my 6 bucks out of this little pumpkin.

I'm A Thief

Planting pots are darnet expensive. So I stole two. I stole them from my Mom (surprise Mom!) so I'm not sure if that technically counts as "stealing" per say. I'm sure she doesn't mind...I mean look at what they looked like. I probably saved her a trip to the goodwill box. I gave them a good wash with the hose pipe and then broke out the black paint in our front yard -- the neighbors have got to think we are nuts. I popped some flowers in them and they are looking oh so lovely on our back porch. They are not perfect....they definitely have a lot of "character" but they will do until I decide to upgrade them. Here's to hoping I can keep the plants alive....