Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Late Summer Flowers
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
The Back Garden
Here is my back yard:
We recently pulled a large hedge out that ran along the sidewalk, and also got rid of an 8X8 shed that would have blocked that giant hosta from this angle. The plan is to have the short picket fence with some colorful plantings in front and some kind of pergola behind for a nice shady place to sit. I'd like to keep the hosta and a couple of the plants near it, and put in a couple of raised vegetable beds to the right in this picture. The weirdness I referred to in the last post is that there is an easement at the back end of our property for our neighbors to use as a driveway plus about half the space of the yard is black top. I'd really like to get rid of it but still haven"t come up with a good idea of how to handle it if I do. Something to think about I guess :)
We recently pulled a large hedge out that ran along the sidewalk, and also got rid of an 8X8 shed that would have blocked that giant hosta from this angle. The plan is to have the short picket fence with some colorful plantings in front and some kind of pergola behind for a nice shady place to sit. I'd like to keep the hosta and a couple of the plants near it, and put in a couple of raised vegetable beds to the right in this picture. The weirdness I referred to in the last post is that there is an easement at the back end of our property for our neighbors to use as a driveway plus about half the space of the yard is black top. I'd really like to get rid of it but still haven"t come up with a good idea of how to handle it if I do. Something to think about I guess :)
Friday, August 12, 2011
Here We Go
Fun to start a new endeavor! Been thinking about blogging for a while, but wasn't sure what to talk about. So I decided to use my garden, such as it is, as the main focus, with regular off shoots into my many hobbies and family life.
Today workmen came to install a fence in our back yard. We live in a corner house with a bit of a weird set up in back, so it's just a little fence to be decorative more than anything else. We went through a bunch of different ideas and had to go back and forth to the city's building inspector since we kept choosing designs that were against the building codes. What a drag! D and I were both getting a little ticked that it was turning into so much of a hassle. But it worked out in the end.
Until the workmen unloaded the truck and I saw that they had the wrong fence!
So they installed the posts and will be back on Monday to finish. *sigh*
Will post pictures soon :D
Today workmen came to install a fence in our back yard. We live in a corner house with a bit of a weird set up in back, so it's just a little fence to be decorative more than anything else. We went through a bunch of different ideas and had to go back and forth to the city's building inspector since we kept choosing designs that were against the building codes. What a drag! D and I were both getting a little ticked that it was turning into so much of a hassle. But it worked out in the end.
Until the workmen unloaded the truck and I saw that they had the wrong fence!
So they installed the posts and will be back on Monday to finish. *sigh*
Will post pictures soon :D
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