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Adding Color to a Patio with Container Gardening

Saturday, April 11, 2015 17:26

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Sprucing up your backyard on a budget with “Walmart’s Where America’s List Gets Done”.

Well spring has finally sprung here in North Texas! When the weather starts to warm up it’s time to head outdoors and get our hands dirty. I have a love-hate relationship with springtime in Texas. As the weather transitions from cold to warm mother nature can be a bit of a beast. Spring in North Texas is known for it’s unpredictable climate changes. The threat of thunderstorms, hail, and tornado warnings are extremely high in spring, so that’s the hate part. What I do love about spring is getting outside and cleaning up after old man winter and what he left behind. Working on the landscaping, planting flowers, getting our lawn back in order, and preparing our vegetable garden for the growing season. Spring is usually short lived and doesn’t stick around for very long, so getting outside and starting on outdoor projects early is a must. Before we know it the heat of summer rolls in and then it’s definitely too hot to work outside.

Recently we built a deck in our backyard, but it’s not completely finished quite yet. We still have a few things here and there before we can officially say it’s done. At this point I keep saying it looks like a fishing pier because we still have to add the side boards on the bottom. Just because it isn’t completely finished doesn’t mean I can’t spruce it up just a bit.

First off it is huge! We went from a 10 x 10 foot square concrete slab to a 16 x 12 foot wooden deck and all I can say is I love it!!! After adding all of our outdoor furniture back onto the deck all it needed was just a little color in a few places. This is Walmart’s “Where America’s List Gets Done“ comes into play. Learn tips and tricks on how to tackle those much needed DIY projects with ease while still keeping you’re budget in check.

My limit for this project was $50, so I headed to my local Walmart to get all my supplies. I chose to do container gardening with a variety of colorful containers that I purchased in the garden department.

This particular morning I felt like I hit the mother load of flowers, because a new truck had just rolled up with a new supply of a variety of plants and flowers. They had so many beautiful perennials and annuals to choose from making it hard for me to decide on what to get. I settled on petunias and marigolds since they tolerate the Texas heat pretty well.

To bring a little Texas pride to our backyard I found this colorful ceramic Texas Themed Planter that was perfect for our patio table.

I chose two large containers for ($4.97 each) to place on each end of our deck in bright red. The containers I purchased had made in the USA stickers printed on the side which is always nice to see.

The kids helped me with all of the planting and just like that everything was coming together nicely. The large containers looked perfect at each corner of our deck.

After purchasing the containers, dirt, and the flowers I still had a little left in my budget to buy this Better Homes & Gardens Double Plant Stand for $18.97.

This plant stand fit perfectly on my deck and was pretty sturdy for the price. I found the plant stand the corner of the garden department where all the shepherd hooks are located. To save even more money I purchased a large hanging flowering plant for $7.52 and just removed the handle. The planter fit perfectly in the bottom of the plant stand.

This is the before picture and below is the after photo with all the planter containers. I think it gave our deck a nice pop of color.

Our deck is still a work in progress, but we’re slowly getting there. Next on the list will be adding the sides around the bottom and staining the deck. Check out Walmart’s “Where America’s List Gets Done” for step by step directions on deck staining. It’s a lot easier than you think.

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