Mid-Summer Progress

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Hello and Happy 4th of July!!

I hope that the summer is going well for all of my family and friends. After many, many hours of loving labour, the back yard and gardens are coming along. I thought that it was time to show off some of the fun things that have been accomplished the first half of this summer. David...I hope that you are proud of the flowers and DAD...check out those bean and tomato plants...not bad for an old child farmer from the Midwest!!!

Here is the flower garden that was originally TEN yew bushes - all of which were dug out, the crushed rock ground cover moved away and then planted with perennials and annuals.

I thought that you might like a closer look at some of the roses (for MOM), the viola flowers and an asclepsia bush (well, it will become a bush after a few years). The flowers are just vibrant and wonderful!

There were some 'construction' things to manage as well. The wall was created to HIDE the filter and other pool things. It was a HUGE fence before that just stuck out and was a terrible eye-sore!! Now, it looks more a part of the landscape. Next summer there will be more potted annuals on the ground and on the newly painted (and built) railing.

Just a final bit of the garden. I could not forget my ROOTS and needed to build a structure that would contain my vegie garden. Since the cost of vegies is SO high in CT, I decided to plant many plants including sweet peas, tri-colored beans, squash (YES.. Sharron I did it), lettuce, radishes and many varied tomato plants. As you can see, we are already eating the beans and peas with the green tomatoes soon to be ripened. My neighbor is waiting for the garden to be in full fruit - he said that he has brown thumbs.... sorry to hear that bit of information!!! He is my friend who I only know from the neck up, as he peers over the fence to chat each day as I work in the yard!!!

So, this is the update on the progress. Only a few more things this summer to tackle and then I am floating in the pool and getting a tan. Or it will be time for school to restart!!! Not sure which. Hugs to all and Happy Independence Day!!! Miss you guys!!