Yard Work Progress Part 1

Before

Our front yard needed some perking up!  This picture shows the bed after some

major weeding, so this looks better already!

After

We added some mulch and things are looking great!

We can check this side of the yard off our summer list….moving on!

Flowers Flowers

We have had some beautiful flowers pop up everywhere in our yard.  We moved in late summer, so we missed what all the gardens had to offer.  Tons and tons of color!

The Weeds Are Everywhere

FRONT FLOWER BED

Before                                                              After

GARDEN 

Progress of trying to find our raised garden bed….

Found it!!!  It took lots of sweat, but we finally found the dirt!

Autumn Colors

We had to share the wonderful fall colors that are happening

at the Harris House!  Enjoy!

Inside the Artist's Studio

Working on the insulation

Art Studio

        

          The gardening shed                           The small window on the side

My new $20 window from Habitat for Humanity

      

Waiting for the new window                                          All in place

After

It was a pain in the butt, but it will be much nicer with a larger window.

We still have to add a frame around the window.

Looking forward to getting setup in my studio!

Coming Up Daisies

Here is a new flower that popped up this week!

Beautiful pink flowers!

It seems like we have something new every week.

Before

After

Labor Day Weekend Projects Part 5

  
                          
  
We have been busy, busy this weekend!  We planted a cherry tree that we got from Bruce's family as a house warming, built more shelves in the garage, vacuumed kitty litter in the yard (the previous owner had put this in between the stones of the garden path so weeds wouldn't grow.  As I had mentioned, we are going to try to add ground cover plants.) and we mowed the grass.

Today is Bruce's birthday, so we will take today to relax and enjoy our work!  Happy Labor Day!

In The Garden

Here are some flowers from our yard!  

The Blacked Eyed Susans are in full bloom - they look great!

Labor Day Weekend Projects Part 4

Before: This summer we enjoyed the beautiful clematis on our trellis.

Now it looks pretty bad!  The flowers are gone and it is starting to turn brown.

After a conversation with my Aunt Beve, I decided to cut it down.

She cuts back her clematis every year and it comes back to fully cover her

trellis.  I cut it to a foot above the ground - so we are excited to see it next year.

It was full of dead branches and lots spiders!  Yuck!

           

Almost Done                                                         After

Now, all we need is to give it a good wash and we will be ready to go next spring!

Labor Day Projects Part 3

     

 Before                                                             After

We found an old birdbath in the yard, so we gave it a quick update.

Desert Daydream

Ok, so we got a few more plants!  haha!

We bought a beautiful agave and some ground cover succulents.

The agave is supposed to get 5 feet tall one day - pretty cool!

We have one steep hillside that we will plant desert like plants and grasses.

It has a long way to go, but we have a few to get it started!

Flower Power

Labor Day Weekend Projects Part 2

Before

After

The gate is gone!  We decided to take a small portion of the fence out yesterday!

We had two gates; one for the front yard and one to go through for the back yard.

The previous owner added the gate to the front for her small dogs.

As you may know, we do not have the small dog problem!  

Murphy has already figured out that he can easily jump the fence.

So, the fence is gone and looks great!  You can get to the whole yard much easier!

Labor Day Weekend Projects Part 1

We couldn't help but get a few plants yesterday.

We are going to try some blue star creeper ground cover (top) and a firefly bush (below).

The ground cover plants will hopefully grow in between the stones.  Keep your fingers crossed!

How Does Your Garden Grow?

This flower is wild looking!  It is growing like crazy!

I finally looked this up and it is a Elizabeth Passion Flower.

                    

Lots and lots of flowers in our yard!  Loving all the colors!

Stop and Smell the Roses

It's always good to stop and smell the roses once in a while!

We have some beautiful rose bushes in our yard.  Tons of vibrant colors!!