Monthly Archives: May 2013

Oh, spring rain! It had been mostly sunny for so long, the rain was quite welcome.







I just love rainy days so much.



The plants liked it too of course. Check out that clematis only a few days later, now covered in blooms.



But a big thing! The yard is changing yet again.



It started with finally deciding to plant the back fence and try to get the yard I actually want. You see, that one back section of fence opens, but we really don't need it to, and if the people who buy this place someday whenever we move away want it to open, they can cut down the plants back there, yeah? But I had been hesitating all this time because I felt I was being impractical? Something? I don't know. Basically I over-think everything ever and finally backed off of myself enough to just do what I want and enjoy our yard to the fullest.

So here's the gang:



The blueberry bed used to be up at the other end of the yard, and the Knockout rose and Elderberry are also new, but the rest has been there for at least a season now.

But the real excitement comes in the form of two "brand new" vegetable beds. They don't look like much here, but they each measure about 72 x 36" and are about 11" high.




Having them lower to the ground than the other bed means more critter potential, so I am working on some wire "fencing" to put in them, but my first attempt was a little... off...



Haha, oh well. I'll fix it one of these days. :)

The lumber for the beds is all reclaimed from the original one I built up by the patio not long after we moved in.



I liked it I guess, but the sun was all wrong there, so this year I finally got around to taking it apart. I cut up the wood for the new beds, and hauled all the dirt down the yard on tarps, with some help from the husband or course.



Impractical as it may seem, I liked having a division between the yard and the patio, and while I didn't feel the need for something as high as the original bed there, I didn't want to completely open it back up again.

Luckily for me, when I decided to extend the small deck in front of the shed so we could put the picnic table there, I found myself with a wheelbarrow full of lilies and irises in need of new homes. (And by the way, best place for the table yet. It used to be on the patio and then at the back of the yard where I just put those veggie beds but it works so much nicer here, and it sits in the shade of the tree!)



So anyway, the now homeless plants joined some ranunculus and gladiolus bulbs, and some coleus seeds up here.



Mulched and edged now, but still looking pretty bedraggled for the time being.



Next up is a line of arborvitae along the fence behind the swingset, but who knows when we'll get them in. And then I suppose I ought to decide what to put in the new vegetable beds sometime before winter hits again. ;)

So that's that for now. Enjoy your weekend!