Thursday, June 24

Yard Progress

So I didn't get any before pictures, or pictures after the first plantings, but here is the Progress so far.

The front yard had grass in the past but it wasn't successful. So mom and I moved this well house planter out front and made a little flower bed (the picture doesn't do it justice, it's gorgeous), and we've planted grass and it is starting to come up ... in patches. :P In the corner next to the faucet mom planted hosta and a hydrangia plant. It should be very pretty.





Ok, I have a few before and after pictures, sadly they aren't very good due to the sunshine placement, but the next few pictures are of Tim's truck with the large load of bark. The front planter that is a little sad with some of the plants we got to put in around the front and back yard.





So I guess you can see the back yard, or the part close to the house before we landscaped it. :)



Front flower planter today. Ok, so those funny things sticking up are a flower (red poker)they just finished blooming, they used to be a bright reddish/orange flower. All those plants used to be small and they just keep growing and growing and it looks soo pretty. Again, the pictures do not do it justice.






The front of the house with some of the planters and hanging plants. Man, if you could see it in person . . . oh well :D Maybe I need to take pictures at the end of the day, sunset. hehe



Now some pictures of the back yard section. The two pathways still need cement between the pavers. We're going to be using red cement :). Oh, and basically almost everything other then plants, are things we found around the yard. Previous owners made the pavers (crude ones, but useful), we only got bark, dirt (lots and lots of soil) and plants (on sale) and seeds. :D



The corner flowerbed has several plants/flowers started from seed. It is a little sad looking right now because some dogs decided to dig a hole in the middle and burried lots of little plants with dirt. It should recover pretty good and when all the plants are grown with flowers it should be very pretty.





I was going to put a little narrated video on here, but couldn't get it to work. :(

This is the Blueberry and Raspberry garden. Blueberries are in the tires and are starting to take off. They were a root start. Raspberries are growing and in the middle are the seven sunflowers that I was able to get started from seed. They are getting BIG! :D Well if you could see them that is. hehe




The old dog pen/run no longer . . . now a veggie/fruit garden. The little bird house has at least two baby birds in it.



The small circles are different types of squash



In the big square bed there is garden beans, blue lake beans, okra, lima beans, cow peas and green arrow peas . . . we've already replanted seeds because some of the first plants didn't do well with the transplant and the heat. But new plants are starting again. :) The funny arrow like shaped bed has various cabbage and lettuces. Not sure that they are going to work well, but we'll see.



The taller rectangular bed has 5 or 6 different types of tomato plants growing. They seem to be finally doing well. The white hanging planters is from a tomato plant that we picked up that had five plants in one planter. They just weren't doing well and we separated them. Hoping the recover. They already have tomatoes and we picked one of them and will try it today. The black buckets are also tomatoes started from seed. We're worried that the type of soil we used in those pots might be to rich and the plants weren't big enough before transplanting. They aren't all doing as well. Praying they recover and do well. They have some of my favorite types of tomatoes. (hmmm . . . but I won't be here when they produce).

The other large square bed has radishes (for dad), broccolli, cucumbers, sugar pod peas and corn.



The two large circular beds have cantelope. Three little plants have started coming up. Had to replant seeds in these beds too just like the squash and beans.



So that's what we've been doing. :) can't wait to see how it all looks in a few weeks. :D