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I am super excited to team up with the *Home Depot to write this series of posts on fixing up my yard, ‘cuz I couldn’t have done it by myself! This is a sponsored post….

*(I am truly heartbroken for this country, the city of Boston & for the hundreds of people injured or killed in Texas– normally I maintain radio silence when tragedy strikes our nation, out of respect. And yet this time, while I grieve, pray & hope with the rest of our nation, I have signed contracts that obligate me to continue working. I have deadlines to meet. I never want to appear flippant when tragedy strikes, so just know that I am praying and continuing to do my job, just like you probably are. Much love! -Robin)

So Sister Wife and I found ourselves with an entire day without kids and headed to Madison, MS to Home Depot to work on my “Thriller, Filler, Spiller” planter project. I was really glad Lizzie was with me because as I mentioned, she is in two garden clubs and throws around words like “bed line, raised bed, full sun, partial shade, and potting soil,” with meaning. She even has her own electric hedge clippers and isn’t afraid to use them.

I am VERY afraid to use them because I’ve met me.

Because I know nothing about plants and/or gardening, I was glad she was with me as my security blanket. I know so little I don’t even know how to form actual questions about what I need or want. By myself I was afraid the conversation would go something like this…

Garden Associate: Do you need help?

Me: Yes. Plants.

GA: What kind of plants?

Me: Umm. Green. Pretty. Flower. Hangy???? Pot. And pointy!

GA: Have you had a stroke? Do you know your name?

I was anxious… but that was before I met Lucy!

Lucy spotted me and Wifey as soon as we walked in the door and came to see how she could help. I explained that I wanted planters by my front door but had no idea how or what to do. I did NOT tell Lucy that I was blogging for Home Depot about the project so I can only assume that she is always this sweet, helpful and not at all intimidating. She wandered through the plants with us for a good half an hour discussing options.

Things I wanted: color, something hangy, something tall and pointy, something green. Yep. That’s what I said.

Lucy was fluent in garden moron and helped us pick out two really pretty ferns (green, tall AND pointy), green and purple sweet potato vines (hangy), and hot pink impatiens (color and pretty)! I found some large black iron pots and grabbed a bag of potting soil and was ready to go.

No person nor plant was harmed in the steering of this cart.

Lucy had gone to help another customer but saw us loading the car as we were leaving and brought her tiny self over and helped us load the car, which is when I told her I was writing this up for Home Depot!

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I am super excited to team up with the Home Depot to write this series of posts on fixing up my yard, ‘cuz I couldn’t have done it by myself! This is a sponsored post….

My front porch is sad.

Sad trombone. Boring. Blech.

It’s Springtime– finally– and my porch is barren except for sidewalk chalk graffiti and handprints my daughters have made from crushing up sidewalk chalk in the dog’s water bowl to make paint.

A portrait of our cat, Dottie.

I have dreams of having a Pinterest worthy yard— blooms everywhere, flower gardens out of a movie, but my knowledge is… how shall I say… extremely limited.

My husband is the green thumb and he has traditionally done all of the gardening in the family, but this year, I wanted to be involved. I’ve always wanted to be the type of person that does yoga, and gardens and since the whole yoga thing changed my life I figured gardening might do the same thing.

Last week me and Sister Wife packed up to go to a speaking engagement I had in Tupelo. After going to the bank and gassing up the car I checked my email one last time and found a message from the girl who had booked the event which read: “Can’t wait to see you next week!”

NEXT week. Sister Wife saw my face and asked, “WHAT? What is it?”

“Um. It’s next week. I’m not supposed to be in Tupelo until next week.”

We laughed hysterically for a few seconds and she said, “Well drive somewhere, we got no kids and all day to play!”

We headed to Jackson, i.e., civilization to do a little shopping. I was really excited to have Sister Wife with me at Home Depot because that woman is the member of not one but TWO garden clubs. I’ve always been intimidated by plants because I know nothing about them. Sister Wife made the trip infinitely more fun but as it turned out, I met Lucy, a Garden Associate (who had no idea I was gonna blog about her), was super sweet and helpful! Stay tuned for to see my Thriller, Filler, Spiller adventure with Home Depot!

Get over $300 in email exclusive savings each year, sneak peeks on new products, monthly lawn & garden ideas for your region and access to The Home Depot’s gardening experts. Click here to join the world’s largest garden community today! Or go to homedepot.com/gardenclub to see some of the many benefits of membership.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot.

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