phil, phil

you are my hero!  you did not see your shadow today and that means... S-P-R-I-N-G is coming!  right?!  i sure hope so because i am so ready for warm weather and can i just tell you how spring like this morning feels?  45 and sunny here and... before 7:00am.

of course with all that being said you know i'm dreaming about all the creative and fun planting projects i want to do outside this year once it warms up so that i can add some much needed privacy to our yard/deck. 

here are a couple of my favorites:

if you aren't a fan of an entirely fenced in yard or if you really want to maximize your budget these partial fences in portions of your yard could really beef up the privacy and add a lot of visual interest.

   and for deck or patio privacy...

how about these over sized planters

{which i just love} 

 or a privacy screen built out of shutters...

{fabulous idea}

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regardless of phil's hit rate...
 have you already started dreaming of spring and sprucing things up?

until tomorrow,