beginnings of spring... (April 10, 2019)

silver mount artemisia and autumn joy sedum

May 27, 2018

Extending the front bed.

Clematic with Salvia

LOVE this photo!

8/2/2017

Alliums!!!!

My backyard allium garden and bird bath

hosta garden and pondless fountain

4/26/2017

4/17/2017

summer garden (July)

sundrops, tiger lilies and red roses

my purple front door.

About a year later, the trees have grown almost a foot! Emerald green arborvitae are very fast growers and great for privacy. Check out my neighbor Lynn in the background! Shes super nice.

Enjoy the brilliant red and orange leaf colors of the Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry in the Fall. Approx 2 1/2 years after planting. 10/30/2015

I made this birdbath for under $50, including the solar fountain which is so awesome (not shown here)

Quincy the cat chilling by the amazing growth in the back garden bed. L-R Euonymous, tomato plants, 4 varieties of hosta (the small one is blue mouse ears), and the groundcover is creeping jenny. There's also a couple grasses mixed in, but they are still small.

My backyard - garden bed, fountain, coz porch with hanging baskets, humingbird feeder, privacy fence, and arborvitae trees. Heaven.

Junipers, phlox, barberry, coral bells and more near my front porch. The mandevilla vine is starting to climb the iron. It's an annual vine -- nice addition for a pop of color - comes in white, pink, red, and yellow.

Little bit of damage to the rhody but other than that how gorgeous. The lime green spikey plant by the steps is called Gold Pillar Barberry (Sunjoy). It turns gold in summer and red in the fall.

dusk

Serviceberry tree in full bloom. (it was planted about 2 years ago, but it was a decent size when I got it) 5/2/2015

Emerald green arborvitae, planted Summer 2014 along the fence in my backyard

Well the garden bed in the back really took off!

Tigerlilies!

Yellow double-knockout rose bush on the right side of my house

clematis vine with Blue Queen Salvia

Here's another raised garden bed made from the same stone in the front (slightly different color)

Edging

Here's another view of the landscaping near the house and how I curved the edging. The caps have not been cut just yet.

The planters are full, and the stone border is in. Nice day to sit outside with some tea.

Then and now photo. How amazing is the difference

A few weeks later you can see my daylilies about to pop, and in the back some pink dianthus, another daylily, phlox, and some cool sedum. Rhododendron in the background

Pretty flowers. In the front are heavenly blue lithodora and to the right a pink and white phlox. On the pole a clematis vine is starting to crawl (you can see the mesh I wrapped around the pole to give it something to grip). The groundcover that looks like pine needles is Sedum Angelina, and the the spikes in front of the pole and vine will soon be beautiful Tiger Lilies.

New Serviceberry tree planted. It's come such a long way! 4/2013

My first attempt at Christmas lights. I know, not super impressive but I was on the ladder and did it all myself!

New Roof!

Replaced the back screen door

back of house (April, 2012)

Roxy is enjoying the sun in her new fenced in backyard!

My dad and I called this "the day the eagle died" -- we tried to save that crazy eagle but sadly it plummeted to its death. The shed is looking much better now.

Here's the house after I painted the window trim black and we parged the foundation. You can see the area to the right is still wet concrete because it gets less sun.

Replaced the front porch steps and railing. The company I used took the old railings and cut off the detail piece, sandblasted it and welded it onto the new railing so it would match the rest of the porch. It came out so nice.

Photo I took of the front. Railing knocked down

back of house & back porch

scary eagle shed. yikes

Shed from the backyard