It's bunting time.

Hello everyone, so nice to be back! And great to see you! Did you have a good weekend? I hope so. Our weekend felt like a short one, just because we didn't really do much. Plus, those two May Bank holidays last month, where we got an extra day over two different weekends, got me nicely accustomed to a three day weekend. Saturday was full of mooching around, crocheting, and planning to make a cake, but not getting round to it. Sunday, now I think about it, was actually crammed full of activities!

We visited an Open garden on Sunday. We've been doing a lot of that recently, and it's been to the gardens of very grand residences. So we've been very spoilt! We didn't stay long at the garden we saw on Sunday, because it wasn't a particularly amazing garden, very nice, but not amazing.  There was one thing that caught my eye though!

This little hut! There were some people squeezed inside, cooking crepe, to sell. I fell in love with this tiny garden hut, with its mossy roof, and cheery plastic bunting hanging outside.

And the clock hanging on the side was a nice touch!

I thought this hut was enchanting, like something out of a fairy tale.

We wandered off and out of the garden after that, and headed back home, where Hugo got to work on doing some carpentry, and I got on with baking a Victoria sponge. I actually had to do a second cake, as the first cake, using the first recipe, was a bit of a disaster. The cake that was meant for afternoon tea, using recipe number one, was abandoned. A second cake, using recipe number two, we had for pudding, with our supper.

While I was busy baking two cakes, Hugo was working his magic in the garden. On Friday night, we watched Gardener's World on the t.v. There was a demonstration on making a roof garden for a shed, and after it had finished, Hugo turned to me, and suggested he make a roof garden for each of the wood stores! How amazing is that?! What a wonderful idea!

So here you go! One wood store, complete with scallop edged, wooden trough roof, containing newly planted Strawberry plants, and some flowers! Hugo cut the scallops out of the wood himself.

Another picture of wood store number one. Hugo is actually making planters and finishing off wood store number two as I write this, having got back home from being at work all day!

Yes, Hugo does deserve a medal! Look, you can see one of the planters he's made, it's got some Lettuces in it, it's sitting at the base of the wood store? You see it?

To finish off, here's a close-up of some of the plants on top of the wood store. When they've grown up a bit, I think the effect should be magical.

And that, my dear readers, is my post for today. I wonder if I'll dream of rooves with gardens on them tonight? That would be a lovely dream................. Well, take care, and see you tomorrow. Sweet dreams! Love Vanessa xxx

Comments

[lucy@theantidote]

How funny is this, my husband and son have spent all of those bank holidays building a wood store as well!
Not quite as flowery as yours x

[Debbie]

No need for a wood store here but its a great idea for a little all purpose store iykwim :D Must get hubby onto it asap! :)

[kitschen pink]

Oh my what complicated cakiness! Well done you for persevering. There's nothing worse than expecting cake for tea and then not getting it!
LOVE those roof gardens! What an excellent idea! And very clever scallops! A tutorial on cutting scallops would be very welcome! I am trying to do it on our bedroom curtains and failing because I'm too lazy to work it out! t.xx

[driftwood]

love those wood stores.
what a shame about the cake, what was wrong with recipe 1? glad you persisted.
I cheated this weekend and we had cake from M&S - don't tell anyone......

[Kate Bruning]

I'm so envious - I have a Hugo but he is only three and just doesn't seem to get out and make amazing rooftopgardensheds like your Hugo. It is just amazing and how wonderful it was his suggestion too. I am now going to just look at those photos again.

[Laura]

What a beautiful and clever idea! A roof garden for the woodpile! I love it!

[Gerry Hook]

Dare I say 'utilitarian' as it will keep a bit of the rain off the wood.
'Decorative' and 'story-book-like' for the scallops. I love the results.

[trudette]

Sweet dreams to you too, and I love these wooden planters !

[Helen Lambert]

Can I borrow Hugo, he seems a much faster worker than Mr. B.......The little shed loks lovely...I would have fallen in love with it too...happy week..H

[Pipany]

Our woodstore is a quant woodshed so nowhere to put a roof garden here, but your looks great Vanessa. We love Friday nights with Gardener's World too and Wednesday with Hugh! Well done Hugo x

[simone]

Well done to Hugo! I love the scalloped edges - nice touch!

[Hen]

Ah, he's a good'un that Hugo! We watched Gardeners' World, it was a nice idea, the roof gardens, good to use up any bit of available space. When I make a sponge cake, I always use the "all-in-one" method (in Delia Smith's "Complete Cookery Course"). It's so easy as you throw it all in at once and mix it, none of that creaming first then adding the eggs etc. It always works perfectly, even if I do say so myself. Let me know if you'd like the recipe although you are perhaps now already a sponge cake diva!
Hen x

[French Knots]

The perfect addition to your pretty woodstore. It's just what I had in mind when my husband said he'd build a woodstore for our growing pile of logs....sadly mine turned out more like a carport!

[Karbee]

I watched Garder's World Friday too and thought the roof garden idea was really great. So i'm very impressed with your husband's wood store gardens. Wish my husband was that handy but his gifts are in science.

[maggie]

Clever young things you two aren't you? I agree about the hut... I wonder what it was used for, just as a little sitting out area originally, or something else perhaps.. and why the clock?

[Rhiannon]

What fab wood stores! I'm amazed he scalloped them himself, I didn't think anyone knew how to do that sort of thing anymore!
xxx

[melanie]

Hi Vanessa, I've tagged you, take a look on my blog to find out more. xxxx
Hope your keeping ok. xxxx

[Julie]

they are lovely, he's a very clever chappie your Hugo.

Hope the second cake turned out as well as you wanted. xx

[Kate MacDonald]

Oooo you are such a lucky girl! It is lovely. Will Hugo be making you a wee shed too? I can imagine it festooned with crochted bunting!
CKx