GARDENER'S WORD

It has been over three years since I posted anything on my blog. Of course, most of us will remember how a little thing like a virus outbreak in late 2019 early 2020 caused  such a big impact on everyone's lives for one reason or another. Anyway, I plan to get back into blogging and share some things that I painted for my garden to keep me occupied for some of that time. There is so much to catch up on. As I decorated  many pots and tubs of all shapes and sizes I will need to share them in several posts.  I use Annie Sloan chalk paint , although there are several other brands on the market. Annie invented the product back in the 90s and it is a breeze to use. I used two coats of chalk paint on each one and often mixed my own colours.  As the projects were for outdoors, I finished off by using Annie Sloan's lacquer. As I like a dull finish but because gloss lacquer is the tougher of the two, I used two coats of gloss ending with one coat of matt. That should protect t...