I worry that revealing my front porch to you will frighten you away forever, but I’m confident that you’ll return just to see the miraculous transformation I’m hoping planning for. (And yes, it will be nothing short of a miracle.)
First comes the planning. Each time I sit down to come up with a master plan for the overall look and layout, some strange mental block appears.
One thing I am certain of is that I need it to be a lot more inviting than it is now. I don’t want people to be afraid to walk past the front gate. (Which is the case now. I’m fairly certain the UPS man only took one peek through the gate before deciding to toss the package over and run for his life.)
I guess it would help if I started with the obvious problems. Getting the garden hose under control, fixing the screen, pulling the weeds, and sweeping up the rampant seed pods certainly couldn’t do any harm.
Frankly, it’s all about the execution. That’s where my huge problem is: where to start and how to maintain? Looking at it head on makes it just seem like a ton of work I’d rather not do, but I also know it must be done (within a reasonable budget).
Assuming I have the necessary tools and time, I should have the basics under control (i.e. garden hose, weeds, sweeping, and screen), and then I can move on to planning the overall layout.
One other thing that’s painfully obvious is that I definitely need more plants with color — already grown and blossoming — just to liven the place up a bit. None of the plants I have out there now are nowhere near flowering yet.
I also need some way to hang planters from the fence so I can move the eyes upward. But, I’m getting ahead of myself — one thing at a time. I hope to update soon with some after pictures and to tell you how well I was able to get the porch from hell under control.
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