Our backyard.
November 2004 - present
Looking towards the north in our backyard, before we started
gardening.
Looking north as Cal sweats it out with the tiller starting to make
the circular bed.
Our backyard before we moved in. A blank slate.
The passionate gardeners dream.
April 4, 2004.
We added trees and made a large circular bed to hold all our
plants from our other homes. We did this work even before we
moved in. The previous owners were so kind and accomodating.
We regraded the center of the circle, put down landscaping fabric,
and four inches of pea gravel.
Circular garden with gazebo, sofa, two chairs, and a coffee table.
Project complete. It looks majestic.
Before we bought the house, there wasn't much more than grass
in the backyard. Easier to mow, but not very beautiful.
There's so much potential.
These European Birch will eventually be part of larger perennial beds.
The birch on the left and the crabapple in the foreground were
planted in the summer of 2004.
In the summer of 2005, I created a flowerbed under the pine tree.
The birch tree is a part of that bed. There are hostas, bleeding hearts,
hellobores, monkshood, and lily-of-the-valley. Later I found out
that the majority of those plants are poisonous and I've planted them
right next to the slide! It does look beautiful though.
We have a hammock on the deck near the back door. The kids love
to play on it. I love to relax in it, eating an ice cream bar and looking
at my vegetable garden.
The other half of our deck has a table and a climber for Verity.