Hopefully this year we will be able to stay ahead of the big fall clean up when the beautiful big oak in the backyard decides it is time to drop a three million leaves. It seems we go great guns and then get overwhelmed with all the work and give up. Always promising to get it all cleaned up in the spring. And we all know how that ends up.
I have until the 17th when the yahoos get back to get everything in order. We have been able to make a dent in it by finishing the front yard in two days. Now we are tackling the backyard. Today is day two. Thinking we might go at a little slower pace since Isaiah is here. One worker and one watcher...then the big switch off for water and a rest.
Sarah Beth's Garden. I was looking at it and thinking it might need some more pink...Naked ladies would be good. And she would laugh at the name. Wish it would have looked this good last week when Jason and Casey were here.
This is shared landed between the Amicon's driveway and ours. We take turns mowing the grass there and pulling weeds here. That's Mr. John's bowling ball. The rose bush has gone with me many places. The youth group gave me a little pot with a sweet little pink rose in it. I took it to WI with me and it survived the winters. I brought it back to Cincinnati and it is still going strong. I have even taking cuttings and grown a few other little pink rosebushes. Back to the bed...I yanked out all the vinca vine and now I am looking for something to fill the shady spot. Can't be hosta because the dear eat it as fast as it comes up.
Wish I had taken a before and after pics of this bed. It was beyond bad. We even had to call in help...Michael was a big help. I think we got at least a pickup truck full of junk out of this bed. Mr. Bill isn't going to know what happened when he comes home. We even did little work on the rock wall and the drainage ditch.
The lamppost never looked better. Wish the clematis was still blooming.
I guess I can tanks all the squirrels and chipmunks for transplanting the coneflowers and the black-eyed Susan's into the front bed.
I found all these little rocks under the burning bush. Carter threw them into the bush one day a few years ago. Wonder if I can find a little hosta or some phlox to put in that little curve?
See, more of Carter's rocks. Don't mind the coolers on the front porch. We are a drop off for fresh milk along with the CSA. They might look a little rough but they make for extra seating when you need it. :) I see hedge trimming in Mark's future. That is my least favorite job in the yard...it makes such a mess!
WE call this Mr. Bill's side. Simply because it faces his house. I like to have it looking put together because this is what greets him every morning when he opens his garage door. The grass is starting to fill in nicely and looks great.
We decided to work on the two raised flower beds in the back first. Thought they would be the easiest. Ha! The weeds were taking over! Now the rabbits will be able to see what the chickens are doing across the yard.
We call this the City Park Garden. I think our second truckload of yard waste came from here.
Today since we might get a little distracked it will be the beds around the patio and the oak tree. Wish us luck!
