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🌺 Creating my new garden since 1990
🐈‍⬛ Dot’s Mom 🌷Whimsy & Blooms
💝Living in the 1895 Folk Victorian on our 196 year old Hoosier Homestead Farm 🌽

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Two drone views of last summer’s new walkway addition project. The plants look good in the first photo, but the entire area hadn’t been cleaned up yet. The second photo shows completion on my end, but some of the plants had burnt up without their old shade tree and one of the urn plants had bit the dust. Hoping for better this year! taken in Franklin, Indiana by @constancesgardens

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It’s that time of year again…when I tell a little bit about the renovation of our family home since I always have new followers who don’t know the story. Our Folk Victorian farm house was built in 1895 for my farmer’s great grandparents. No one outside of our family has ever owned the house and we think that’s pretty special! The first time I looked in the windows I fell in love with the old dilapidated house, even though I knew there was a ton of work ahead. We completely renovated it inside and out and did almost all of the work ourselves. It was really rough going at times and took many years to complete this project….almost 20! We first gutted the house including the downstairs floor joists and plaster, added insulation and replaced all the wiring and plumbing and exterior doors and windows. We removed all the original woodwork and interior doors, labeled everything, and I stripped off the white paint, added a new finish and my farmer installed it all back where it had been to start with. This process took a few years. Every board on the exterior as well as the siding has also been replaced to match the original. The 3 missing original gable fretwork pieces were recreated by my farmer from looking at a blown up version of the original photo. These fretworks are much larger and heavier than they appear to be from the ground! He also rebuilt the front porch to the correct original size and later added two other porches. We hired new additions rough framed, drywall work, ductwork, wood and tile floors laid, custom cabinetry and most of the roofing work. My farmer worked full time off the farm as well as farmed our land, so he could only work on the house in his spare time! Not many would be that dedicated and I remain in awe for all that he did to make our dream come true. My full time job since 1990 has always been the house, yard and gardens. I have been so lucky to have been able to do what I love doing. Swipe to see photos…my farmer and I standing in front of the house, my farmer’s ancestors, the house as we found it and work just beginning. Sorry this is so lengthy as I could write a book! taken in Franklin, Indiana by @constancesgardens

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Drone view taken by my farmer. This shot shows all the gardens except for the very front of the house and the gazebo garden which are hidden by the trees. The shade garden tree on the south east side had recently uprooted and I can see the stress in those surrounding plants. This photo is from a year and a half ago, so the new walkway project is not visible here. I will share that view later as it looks really nice from above! ♥️ taken in Franklin, Indiana by @constancesgardens

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2 years ago

It was a purrrfect day for a cat and a gardener. 😻🧑🏻‍🌾 by @constancesgardens

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Hyacinth Bean Vine view from August 7. 💜💜💜💜💜 by @constancesgardens

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Things of interest along the work in progress garden walkway. 💜💙💚🩶 by @constancesgardens

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On the last day of Summer, the weather finally changed. Hello Autumn….it is lovely to see you! 🥰 by @constancesgardens

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These Begonias Grandis are late blooming perennials. 🌸💚🌸💚🌸💚🌸💚🌸💚🌸 by @constancesgardens

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10 days ago

Variegated Sedums, rusty garden art and a lion walking amongst them all. 🌸🤎🌸🤎🌸🤎🦁 by @constancesgardens

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13 days ago

September colors. 🌸💖💚🌺 by @constancesgardens

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Pergola view. 🌸💚💙🌸💙💚🌸 by @constancesgardens

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19 days ago

For some, its a napping and bathing on the porch kind of day. Happy Labor Day dear friends! 💖😽🩵 by @constancesgardens

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