I think he was gaurding the gourds or was he ??



 

This is my dog Kaiden he looks like hes guarding my gourd garden " Good Boy "




Or was he ?

 Since gourds are my main painating canvas having my gourd garden doing great is a plus for me !  So yea I go out to my garden every day and check to see how many more babies I can find , And yes to see how big the  martin & chinese bottle & apples  grew over night ! It is just amazing that every day there is a bunch of new ones you missed cuz they already look a couple of weeks old !  Guess what I found a bushel gourd it almost hit me in the face ! it was slightly behind a big leaf but hes probablly about 10 inchs tall & 10 inches around ( rough guess ) take a look !  In ! But I'm Lovin It ! I took lots of pictures of all the baby gourds, so you can see the difference.I'm going to be posting some of the new items I;ve been working on so check back! A BIG shout out  & Thank you to The Craft Show & all the Fantastic people who like my In My Painted Garden  Facebook page I'm up to 190 "likes" !!



Bushel Gourd





baby martins



baby bottles



front of the pen



bottle gourd

side of pen

baby apples

bunches of baby bottles !

I Can't Believe My Eyes !!

  



And the winner is !!!!!!



The Football Player About 4 in tall

 Well first of all a Big Thank You to all who came by and "liked" my page on facebook ! I hope you did look at my photos of what I love to do & I hope they inspire you & I hope you enjoyed yourself ! A Giant shout Thank You  & Congrats to Bobbi Hensley , she wanted to win a small ornament football team player for her father & she sent 19 people to my page, Heres a pic of one of my little guys like she won, hers is being painted  right now & done by wed. Then he;s on his way !   I invite you all to please stop by my etsy shop & stop in at my facebook page & "like" me. From time to time I will run some more contests & giveaways so check back often. I will also be runniing 10 % off coupon code sales soon !

http://www.etsy.com/shop/inmypaintedgarden

Come play the Game !

Ok heres the game/contest post the link to my " In My Painted Garden " facebook page to your facebook page & "like" it &  ( if you have already "liked" my page Great you can still win ! ) then  ask your friends to check out my page & if they "like" my page to post that you or your shop sent them, The person/shop that has sent the most "likes"to my page wins a small ornament football player of your choice completely Free ! I will pay the S&H !  Handpainted just for you ! You will be notified tomorrow ! Also in turn I will "like" everybody that "likes" my page !  Contest runs until 10 p.m. Central time July 20th 2011 !

WOW !!! Look at my gourd garden grow !!!

Back Fence Chinese Bottle Gourd Garden



Look at the little bottle gourds !




Martin Gourd Garden on side of pen



Front view of martin garden on pen





When I first started my little gourd seeds back in May ,I had taken each seed and  nicked  the side slightly,  then soaked them in water for 24 hours. Next I planted the seeds in little pea pods & set them on my window sill until they were about 3 inchs tall. I tilled two different spots in my back yard next to the fence, I had rototilled the ground then bought some 60  lb bags of garden soil & mixed it with the soil that I had tilled. As I brought them out to plant them I would take and make a big hill out of the soin & planted one pea pod in that hill, moved over & made another hill & planted another one. I think I planted 10 pea pods with the little gourd plants in them in each garden spot Well as you know if you have been reading my blogs that I have been posting the progress of  gourd garden . I have been going out and watering them late at night because it been very hot & humid here in Tennessee as well as about half of the United States, so I'm sure you know what I mean! So I wnt out yesterday & took some pictures and  I couldn't believe I have GOURDS !!  They are just going nuts on the back fence , running up  & across the top of the fence & down across the lawn , the back fence has a garden of  chinese bottle gourds, Now to the gourds which are Martin gourds they are on the other fence which use to be a big dog pen & now its a storage shed ( kinda ) well the martin gourds have almost taken over half the pen  which is a 10 x 20 pen. Well take a look for yourself ! What do you think of my garden ?



Look at ny gourd garden grow !!



Were Back ! Dave Macon Days !!

Sorry it's been awhile but we are back ! Been very busy doing alot of painting for The Dave Macon Days here in Murfreesboro Tennessee ! It was last weekend July 8-10th & it was Great ! Sold out of 1/2 of what we brought & lots of orders to fill ! It was very Hot & Humid but that didn't affect all the people that came ! I think everybody had a Great time ! I know we did !! Thank you to all that came & all who bought & ordered from us !