Planters & Paleo

My little succulents that I planted  almost a year ago are still thriving.

 

I love my vintage snail planter.

Finding vintage planters has become a passion for me. I am always on the lookout for them and love featuring them in my Etsy shop WeelambieVintage.

Cottage Country Planter White Roses

I also found some pretty vintage wire baskets that look great with plants in them.

Chippy White Fleur De Lis

French Provencal 

My Whole30 update ~

Paleo is starting to roll off my tongue like it is a normal word for me to be saying and not some crazy fad diet.  I still haven't gotten very adventurous in the cooking department. I have found that while I am on my Whole30 it is better to keep things simple.  If I start experimenting I might find myself eating a whole bagful of trouble.  There are wonderful recipes out there Nom Nom Paleo is a perfect example of eating extraordinary food. 

My go to easy does it favorites~

Veggies~ spinach, baby greens, radishes, sweet potatoes, peppers, eggplant, olives and zucchini.  

Proteins~ chicken, pork loin, steak, salmon, cod fish, scallops, shrimp, eggs

Fats~ EVOO, Coconut oil, avocado 

Fruits~ bananas, oranges sweet section by section a treat, Georgia peaches, berries.

Other things I love but have in moderation~ cashews, raw almonds, flaked coconut, once in a while a date or two for my sweet tooth. I have to buy dates just 4 at a time out of the bin at the health food store. They are that yummy. Food without breaks for me.

I drink water by the gallon all day long and black coffee in the mornings.

My breakfasts are usually steamed spinach and eggs. Lunches are baby greens and I cook enough chicken on Sundays to shred some to take in a packet to work for my salad.  I also put other left over meats on my salads. Salmon or pork loin are favorites. I make my own dressing with EVOO, lemon juice or cider vinegar, sea salt, pepper and some dried mustard . I have a bottle of it at work and one on my kitchen counter at home. I pack my Monkey Salad and have that at work either mid morning or mid afternoon if I am hungry.

Dinners are easy throw together meals. I roast sweet potatoes on the weekends so I can heat them up on weeknights.  I have salad a grilled meat and what ever veggies I have ready to cook or left overs.  On Sundays when I am cooking all that chicken I also roast a big pan of veggies drizzled with EVOO, salt and pepper and roast the sweet potatoes.  Thus all these ingredients are ready to divvy out during the week at lunches and dinners.  I am telling you I don't miss my old Lean Cuisines at work one stinking bit.  This is more work but so worth it and makes the weekdays easier.  

These radishes are the bomb-diggity!
Colander is here

 I have not been having cravings!  Having sugar and grains out of my system has gotten me off the merry-go-round of eating  and then being a starving hungry run to the kitchen shove it in my face lunatic binge eater.

a simple Whole30 meal. 

That has been my week. Vintage planters, Whole30 challenge, meal planning and of course a little knitting.

I tried on several blue nail polishes at Big Lots today while I was picking up that swimming pool.  Here I am knitting and waiting for it to fill. Tomorrow the grands will be playing in it.  

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments and cheering me on during my Whole30!

~ Anne

Weeds in December and Our Early Christmas Present

While the rest of the country is caked in ice we are weeding the garden.
It rained so much this summer we gave up trying to keep up with them.  Faced with family coming and a new septic drain field being installed we decided it was time to tackle the front garden.

The temperatures were in the high 80's and we drank gallons of water.

Weeds as high as the palm fronds

Making progress.

That rock was totally hidden.

My gardening buddy! 

Not his idea of a good time!

Cleared of most of the weeds.

Today the drain field!

These young men  make nice lawn ornaments .... don't you agree?

Wish the grandsons could have seen the big yellow digger~
We have a lot of work ahead of us.  It's okay after almost a year of having to watch every drop of water that goes down our drains and having to empty the washing machine hose out into the backyard with every load of laundry (thanks Skip) having a new septic drain field is the best Christmas gift we could give each other!
I don't have to wrap this one either!
Thanks be to God we have this chance to fix our home and be good stewards of our garden.

Anne

I Dig Vintage Gardens

Mom's Welding Guy!

I did a little planting and of course some hunting for more vintage garden inspirations.

some succulents and pots

such cute little puffy plump plants

I found these tiny little plants at the store and a big bag of potting soil.  I took the plants out of their plastic pots and split them up some by gently prying them apart with my fingers.

tiny little succulents

Mr. Snail looks interested in my project

I searched the house for more dishes

Vintage Swan Planter from Old Vintage Goodies

I love this vintage swan planter and think it would be beautiful in a table top garden. It is from Old Vintage Goodies on Etsy here

All my little pots

Mr. Snail's garden view.

One thing I need is a little watering device so I can get just the tiny amount of water needed by succulents into their sweet little pots from time to time.

Vintage Small Plastic Watering Can

At HoardersShop on Etsy here

And I don't know how to resist this adorable little Copper shovel brooch.

Copper Shovel Gardeners Brooch  from Marybethhale

The tiny little brooch is from Etsy here

While searching on Etsy and around my own home for inspiration I fell in love all over again with some of my own garden treasures.

Mom's welding Sculpture #1

Mom's Sandwich Glass Mobile

Mom's Welding sculpture #2

My high school art class sculpture 

DottieDigsVintage Gardening Book
here

What ever your style there is sure to be plenty of inspiration on Etsy and around your own home in your collections to get you going on a small garden.

 Get digging!

Anne/ WeeLambieVintage

Digging For The Garden

I made a vow that I would work on my garden this weekend.  This morning I spent about thirty minutes in my actual garden looking at weeds and spritzing them with white vinegar.  I hope by morning to just be able to cover them up with new mulch.  Then as I was already worn out from the effort I went thrift shopping.

My dining table covered again!

I found some adorable garden containers. I love the little California Pottery snail.  I think my garden might become a miniature container garden.  Some sweet little succulents would look good poking out of that snail. 
I need to go to the plant store.

Plants I am thinking about

I will let you know how this turns out!
If you wanted some instant gorgeous gardening done for you check out this creative etsy shop.

WilliamsGrove

 Williams Grove @ Etsy Williams Grove They have really lovely containers and plants all set to go.

At ElmPlace on Etsy there is a great cast iron plant container. I love how rustic and traditional it looks. 

ElmPlace

ElmPlace located here @ ElmPlace

For more whimsy take a look at these britches!

ThriftCore

 Aren't they fun? You can find them in ThriftCore @ ThriftCore
Last but not least for more magic and fun look at these little miniature fairy garden whimsy's...

Ozarkmountainmagic

they come in lots of colors and variety's from Ozarkmountainmagic @Ozarkmountainmagic

I can't wait to explore more of these shops and to start my own magical little snail garden. I will keep you posted.
Anne / WeeLambieVintage

Following

Hi I hope you will all be able to find each other tomorrow. July 1st is the day google reader is shutting down..... I know! How crazy.

Well I understand we can find each other on Bloglovin.  It takes only a few minutes to sign up and import all the blogs you are already following. bloglovin  Give it a click and sign up. See you there. You can also follow me by clicking the bloglovin button over on the top right. 

While I ponder the mystery of Google Reader closing and switching to bloglover I have decided it is time to work in my garden. Maybe actually plant something or weed a little.  Next week I hope to have a new and improved picture for you.

Anne

Christmas Neglect

Two years ago a lovely patient of mine gave me a Christmas Cactus.  Let me explain.  I do not have a green thumb.  I try to keep plants alive.  Really the best thing I can do for them is ignore them. 
This cactus flourished when I first brought it home.  My cat Phoebe loved to sniff and taste it's leaves.  I had it in a copper pot that Mom used to keep her cactus in.  Over time it looked limp and cat worn.
Last spring I set it outside in a ceramic pot under the palm tree.
When it was dry out it shriveled.
When it was monsoon season it flooded.
Just before Christmas it blossomed. 
This is how she is looking today.

Neglected by me watched over by Mother Nature.

Anne