Most of these can be done pretty quickly, but you’d be surprised what a different wiping everything down with a cloth and a bit of cleaner can make!.

So here’s how progress is looking on our little perennial garden experiment so far:.We cleared away some of the  excess weeds and old, dead bits from last year, set out all the plants where we wanted them, and dug in!

It was a lot of work, but really only took a few hours..There are definitely still quite a few bare spots and the garden isn’t nearly as full as our inspiration garden, but we’re well on our way to having a respectable little slice of heaven here.We’ll probably add in a few more things from other gardens around the property this Fall, but until then, a good fresh layer of free mulch from the recycling center will do the trick and keep things looking nice!.

Do you have any favorite easy-to-grow perennials that make your life a little easier and a whole lot more enjoyable?Well, I was going to share this one even before I had the chance to try it out.If you’ve ever had a bad burn, or even a sort of bad burn, then you know how painful they can be.

I’m sure we’ve all heard a few old wives tales about things to put on burns, but I’d never heard this one before.

When I read a little more about it, I thought this tip sounded too good.Unfortunately, the customs people at the border had other plans and I actually only ended up getting the tree about 6 weeks later, which was a couple of days ago.

I still want to show you the tree all decorated up, so I’m doing a quick blog post on the tree instead..So first we had to put the tree together, of course..

It came in three separate sections, all wrapped up.I love that there was even a storage bag provided for the tree.. All we had to do was stick the three sections together and it was good to go.