Autumn On The Porch...

Yesterday - a dear friend brought me a gift (thank you!) 

- 3 small pumpkins and a mum.   Timing was perfect

 to create some needed front porch decor.

 

First up - I placed the 'generic greenhouse' black pot into 

a pretty yellow pot that I saved from somewhere - much better!

 While scouring for the the yellow planter - I noticed the 

wooden barrel that I brought home from my booth last week.  

I was already planning to do a galvanized tub display

 - inspired by this blog post.  But I needed something

 to put the plant on... the barrel will work fine.

 I planned to fill the the tub with pumpkins.  Volunteer pumpkins have been growing in my flower bed.   

(LOVE that they're free - but did have to tolerate an unplanned messy flower bed ALL season!)  

But I do not have enough to fill my tub yet - so filler was required.  

See the peek of green below?  They are large faux

 evergreen Christmas balls and they'll work just great.

Some pinecones (the BIG ones - forget what they're called) also help 

fill my tub.  It pays to save stuff! I use these at Christmas too. 

You can't beat the detail of this beauty.

A Fall topiary in a tub?  Has a bit more presence than I 

was originally thinking & might be seen better from the road.  

And those light colored pumpkins?  Butternut squash!  

They make the best pumpkin pie ever!