This is the current state of one side of our backyard. Basically, its a big mud pit. This is a general idea of what we want it to become. A concrete patio bordered with river rocks. The seams in between the concrete pavers will be planted with low creeping Thyme ground cover or something similar. [...]
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Hog meet Lawn
Poor Nate has been trying to fix two broken gas lawn mowers for weeks. We inherited them and hoped we could save some money by fixing one up. Unfortunately it wasn’t that easy and at some point you have to realize the cost of a new mower out ways the time and energy fixing up [...]
Let the recap begin!
Its been a VERY busy few months for me and Nate. Lot of family stuff plus I had a chaotic election season (Vote June 8!) and Nate’s been in the thralls of school. Any spare moment we were not at the office, we found time to get a few things done on the house. So [...]
A full weekend
My main goal was to transplant as many bulbs from the front and back garden as I could since we will be rototilling up most of the backyard and the side yard. I started with the irises along the back of the house and side yard. They were all moved to the bed next to [...]
Fun with Dad
Nate was out of town this weekend at a bachelor’s party but that didn’t stop me from getting some projects done! I had thought ahead and called my dad to see if he would be willing to help me take out the old, decrepit gas water heater for the pool. I was thrilled when he [...]
AZ and the Hydrangea
My task on Sunday was to transplant our hydrangeas from the front yard to the back. I only was able to dig out one. The other two at roots the size of my arm. I wanted to do a little more research before I try to remove them. I may just have to do a [...]
Birthday Bounty
Nate was cute and bought me two new software programs for my birthday. I am excited to learn how to use them. I believe they are based on CAD – which I have no experience with so it may be a steep learning curve, but I do like a challenge.
A Precision Measuring Device
Look at what came in the mail today? A sunlight calculator – yep it’s going to measure how much sun I get in my future veg garden so I can stop worrying about whether I can have plentiful crops this year. Can wait to get the experiment up and running tomorrow morning next week when [...]
Garden Planning
Don’t laugh, but here are my sad little photoshopped photos of the garden layout. See my trellis along the side of the house? And my stepping stones around the the exterior? Then along the sidewalk will be our retaining wall. Here’s the front side yard with future garden bed. Can’t you visualize a row of [...]
