Our Backyard

Here are some pictures of the backyard that I promised not long ago. I am sorry to make you all wait so long.

Here is the new and extended veggie garden. The original plot is around the corner of the porch. I planted peas along the back that will climb the lattice work and bush beans in the front. You can see the little sprouts of squash. The begonias are right next to the steps to the porch.

This next picture is the new flower bed in the front corner of the backyard. It gets only a little sun in the very late afternoon only in the summer. The rest of the day and year it is shaded. We plan to put an azalea in the back corner and use more ferns and shade loving hastas in here. Right now the bench is for visual interest.

The next picture is of the new sod and the new flower bed under a big Pin Oak Tree. It still has some work left and we plan on extending it all the way to the fence on the left of the picture where the trashcan is, doubling it in size. In here we will plant more azaleas, hastas, and some other shade/sun plants. Like the rocks? The close up is of the corner right by the entrance to the backyard.

This next photo is a great look at how the grass is with and without the sod. We will be bringing in some topsoil in the late summer and spread it to raise the backyard up to where the sod is and then reseed the sections that are not sodded. Actually where the sod is there wasn't much more than dirt there.

This is such a great improvement in our backyard. I am so proud of it and excited to finish it. We still plan to bring in some rocks to put where the oil tank, trashcans and AC unit is. Oh there is so much to do but this is such a pleasant place already!!