We had an unexpected snow with freezing rain and below-freezing temperatures last week. I’m sure my two beautiful flowering crab trees and my Japanese lilac tree are going to suffer this year. But after the snow melted and temperatures began to steadily increasing it got me to thinking about the new addition to my garden and how much fun the planting of annuals was going to be.

I drew up some simple plans last summer and handed them to my husband. When I awoke the next morning I went to his workshop to see how he was progressing. It was done! All we had to do was move it outside and stock it. Of course, I had to surround it with beautiful plants and bushes.

The potting bench is pickled now in a lovely sage green with all the natural grain showing through. I’ll post a picture of that if and when the bushes around it are in bloom. That darned late snow….