Early Fall Front Porch and Yard, 2021

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Today, I will be sharing how I decorated the Front Porch and Yard for Fall......
 
 
 But First, Thanks to Angie, over at God's Growing Garden, and Marci, over at Stone Cottage Adventures, who are the Garden Hosts that chose my post, Neighborhood Landscaping Projects, as one of their features for Garden Week from last Month's You Are the Star Blog Hop!!
 

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And now for a few Personal Notes...
 

 I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend!!

I hosted our Labor Day Celebration Dinner for our family of 5 as always....

I made Boneless Chicken Bites with Sweet Honey BBQ sauce.....
 

 
We had  Hot Dogs done on my Griller......



I made my own hamburg patties for Cheeseburgers, using my vintage Tupperware Hamburg Press!!!




Yes, it is vintage as I bought it at a friend's Tupperware party 2 years before we were married so it is 45 years old!!!

I also served Bob Evan's Mac N Cheese, Corn on the Cob , Watermelon for our son Jim who loves it and Ice Cream Cake for dessert as we are not really big dessert eaters......

I set a simple Table using paper plates at Joe's insistence as he is the one who washes the dishes.....







And of course, Faye is always the hit of any party!!







She does like her toys that Mimi and G Pop have for her at their house!!

In my last post, I shared how I decorated the Front Porch and Yard one last time this season for the Patriotic Holidays with Labor Day being the last one......

 

 

 

 

Click HERE if you missed that post.......


I have been itching to say Good Bye to Summer and decorate for Fall so when Tuesday after Labor Day was predicted to be a nice sunny day with low humidity, I figured that was my chance to get the Front Porch and Yard done!!!

I started at 10 am that morning......

Moving everything off the porch, cleaned the furniture and packed away the Summer decor items.....


Took the rugs off so they could dry up before I packed the Summer one away.....


Joe brought the tubs up from our Storage Shed for the Summer things, took them back down ( 5 minutes down the road) and brought up the Fall Decor tubs.....


I swept the rug on the porch and moved the furniture back ......


And decorated the Porch and Yard for Fall until 4pm.......

Whew!!

I wanted to be finished by today, Wednesday, as yet more rain is predicted!!


Mission accomplished!!!!

I did make a few changes this year......

I will also be giving a Garden Update in this post as I try to hang on to my annuals in the front of the house as long as I can until the first frost which is why I go with an orange, red and yellow color theme in the Summer......

It makes it so much easier to transition to Fall......


I will say that I am very disappointed in my marigolds this year......


Usually by now they are the size of Mums but we realized that Joe bought mini marigolds so they never really grew big and have been plaqued by slugs and aphids this year with all the rain that we have had......

I added a Corn Stalk Stake from Dollar Tree to this one and I had thrown some seeds from last year's marigolds in the pots so hopefully, they will fill in and bloom a bit more before the frost gets them..........



You can see the impatiens did well.....



Since I no longer have the crazy neighbor on the side of me, I decided to hang my long Harvest sign between the front doors of our townhouses......

You may remember that I bought 2 rolls of red Truck ribbon from Dollar Tree this Season.....

I made bows out of it and another ribbon that I had in my stash to use outside in the front of the house.....

I added one bow to my Harvest sign that I bought in Gabes years ago.....

Beneath the Harvest sign is a wooden Leaf plaque....

My terra cotta Jack O Lantern that was a church Flea Market find many years ago!!

I  changed the bow that I had on this wreath I made for the front door with another one made from ribbon with the red trucks on it....

Last year, I added a red truck plaque in the center of the wreath.....

The "weeping" Mortar allows me to hang decorations on my brick wall......


I did arrange things a bit differently this year.....



I tucked a few Fall Florals into my vintage mail box......


And because Hockey Season is almost upon us, I have to keep Joe's Pittsburgh Penguins plaque out here.....


Since I hung the Harvest sign between my house and my neighbor's this year, I hung the welcome sign with the Scarecrows on it underneath the light fixture......

I tied another bow that I  made on to the light fixture and tucked a Fall floral swag behind it.....

I bought this sign at a church Flea Market.......

And this one, I bought many years ago at the Bloomsburg Fair in Pa.......

I usually set the Jack O Lantern that was bought in Wegman's some time ago on the table......

But this year, I decided to see if it fit in this crate that Joe had pulled out of our garbage dumpster.....

Perfect fit!!!!

I added some faux gourdes around it and I hope to put a coat of polyurethane on it soon......

Hanging underneath the flag is a rake that I made but re-did this year.....

This is how it originally looked.....

The Dollar Tree Leaf sign needed to be replaced after a few years out in the elements.....

So I removed it and added this metal green truck sign bought on Clearance 2 years ago in Dollar General for 90% off!!

My Early Fall Flag.......

The corner of the front porch where I added a big deco mesh bow and a set of orange LED lights to the Tree in the corner......

A Harvest metal sign and an early Fall Mail Box cover on my faux mail box.....


On the table in the corner......

Faux pumpkins and an Owl that I had bought to scare off squirrels whose eyes flash red lights when the sensor is turned on!!

I thought the Owl would be perfect for a bit of Halloween decor!!

I also switched out the pillows and chair cushions for Fall colored ones which are actually the ones I had before I bought the red ones I now use for the Summer!!

3 different types of Fall Leaf Garland and deco mesh woven through out it is wired onto the railing .....

Along with orange LED lights.....


Hanging in the center of the railing is a bunch of faux Indian Corn.....




 The marigolds in these pots look fuller because I threw some seeds from last year's marigolds in them earlier in the Summer and a few came up and bloomed!!


I added Fall Garden Stakes from Dollar Tree to the pots......



I kept the rusty bird bath in the center in front of the railing and placed another terra cotta Jack O Lantern inside of it......


 
You can see my 3 Jack O Lanterns in this picture.....


The pot at the other end of the porch.......

I am going to transplant 2 more marigolds that I grew from last year's seeds into this pot......

 
 You can see the other side of my faux mail box that we use for storage of garden tools and gloves.....
 
 
 
 
 
The flower bed under our Living Room window......

 
 I decided to move the wooden wheel barrow, that we bought from the Amish Farmer, from the back yard to this flower bed.....

 
 I wanted to use it to create a Fall vignette......

 
 Since the impatiens in those 2 pots on each side of the wheelbarrow are looking a bit waterlogged, I will be replacing them with Mums......

You can see how good the coleus is doing on the flower boxes along the side.....
 

I anchored the Fall Shovel to a shepherd's hook using zip ties......

 
For now, I bought a pot of marigolds from the back yard to fill the wheel barrow along with some faux pumpkins....


I will probably put a pot of Mums in it.......



More faux pumpkins that I have had for at least a decade are placed on each side of the wheel barrow.....





Looking down the sidewalk at our front yard......


Looking out from the front porch at the flower bed on top of the slope....


I love how the Sun was shining on the flower bed just before Sunset on Tuesday evening.....


A Fall mini flag........



This is the azalea that we cut way down on this side of the flower bed......


You can see how nice the center is filling in with new growth after looking dead!!!


And you can also see how well that azalea is doing after being cut back.....



It looks like a brand new plant!!!


Look how the Sun is "illuminating" the topiary I made out of tomato cages!!!!!



I took the pots of flowers off the park bench and placed them down on the ground on each side.....



I tied 2 big bows made from deco mesh on to the lantern.......


The topiary is lit at night with orange LED lights.....


A faux pumpkin and a Fall mini flag.....




These are a few pictures I took tonight with the Rain Storms moving in and how dark it got at 6 pm triggering the lights to come on......
 








 
 

 


I will revisit to the front of our house in a future post when I change out Annuals for Mums and live greenery for the upcoming Winter months .....

I hope you enjoyed seeing how I decorated our front porch and yard for this Fall Season.....




And I hope you will stop by to visit again soon!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

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