I have some garden ideas brewing in my head for this year. Of course January has already brought us snow, wind and freezing rains, but that hasn’t stopped me from plotting and window shopping online. We have a few things to take care of first, but my hope is to get a small greenhouse with Read more »
I am quite pleased. The Allium bulbs I had planted in the fall actually did well this year.
I spent all of yesterday in the yard. The sun was out and it was finally a nice warm day. I got the lawns mowed and a bit of weeding done. Oh, our nearby neighbour, Ida, stopped by to chat too while I was outside. She’s a lovely older woman than live a few houses Read more »
Our trees got a bit of a makeover this year to help bring in the sunshine to the front yard. They’re here! After the initial introductions, and a walk through to show them the area’s I was interested in have pruned, they got right to it. Trimming the trees along the drive way to help Read more »
Getting some plants for the front area when ever I can. The recent finds were … several Velvet Boxwood and a Heather (after a lovely chat with a nice woman I have decided I want to get a few more of these some time. At the time I hadn’t been sure of their hardiness).. Dianthus Read more »
Well, Double Narcissus, but lets just call ‘em Daffy’s. =) The flower beds are filling in nicely. I may need to spot plant some more bulbs this fall just to fill it in a bit more next year. But so far so pretty.
The nicer weather has prompted me to do a bit of spring Home Depot shopping. I needed some more landscape cloth to finish the sitting area I am creating up front. I also found some stepping stones made from recycled tire. They are pretty cool, and textured so they aren’t a slippery surface when wet. Read more »
I was getting tired of looking at the area near the front door in shambles. I had been planning to work out some sort of sitting area there for a while, but never got around to it because of all the other things needing to be done. So, today I spent a good part of Read more »
Some pictures of the yards as they are right now. Back yard. In dire need of a mowing, which I am heading out to do after I post this.. You can also kind of see one of the planter boxes I started to dismantle, along the fence line.. I have hopes of doing a long Read more »
Last Fall I planted a whole whack of crocus bulbs along the side walk. 3 per hole. I noticed they were sprouting last week and was very excited … alas this week, as they began to get their flower, it looks like our squirrel friends dug them up as a tasty buffet treat. *whaaaa* They Read more »
There is a lot mor eto be done, but here issome of the progress I made this spring and summer. =) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking out towards the right, from the front door. I finally had finished removing the stones and plastic. Aaron ordered a load of soil, and I spent quite a while wheelbarrowing soil to Read more »
Before I post how the front yard is looking now, I thought I would do a quick ‘before’ photo session of how some of it it look at the beginning of summer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking out towards the right, from the front door. I had gotten most of the stones out the summer before, and had started pulling Read more »
