How is your yard doing?

[Marylu]

Finally it is starting to look like spring. We have most of the outside gardens edged, weeded and mulched. This is the same bed I posted 2 weeks ago with the snow. Looks a little different now, don't you think? (Please ignore the black plastic garbage bag over the top of the column. I haven't gotten the ladder out to take it off yet!)

[KathyJB]

Marylu, ever since "Banner" introduced us to your yard, you have been my inspiration. I still want to make a sitting area like yours. I've started on a sort of gazebo, just needs further thought and planning. It looks like the Lord has been blessing you with rain. My yard just hasn't gotten the wow factor it gets with rain mainly because it's been over a month since we have had any.
How are your roses? Have they popped out yet?

[Marylu]

Kathy, the garden room is my next project. I need to prune all the roses, weed and mulch. Thinking of taking the afternoon off from work today to do just that. Will wait to see how warm it gets. It has been so cold that most things are at least 2-3 weeks behind most years. Can't wait to see your gazebo. Hope you get some rain soon!

[Kansas. 1911.]

MaryLu,
I like your fence, and your neighborhood, and the curves of your borders. You've been busy on those and it shows. Are you the "Jones" on the block where everybody tries to keep up with you and your flowers? What is the secret to the lush grass?

[KathyJB]

Marylu, looks like some of your neighbors could use a visit from Desperate Landscapes I was wondering, are your lilies day lilies? Do they keep blooming?

[McCall]

Here are some pictures of my Cape Cod home/yard




made a few dump runs since this one was taken.

and this one is the waterfall, pond I built not cleaned out yet

[dalmatiangirl61]

Gee you guys sure have some pretty yards . Presently I'm in Texas working on my yard, err more like 13 acre field, and right now it looks like an aerial bombing range I'm tired of the mesquite, tried killing it a dozen different ways and it just kept coming back so now I'm ripping out by the roots . I can honestly say I have never felt so good about killing something, hopefully the machine is loud enough that the neighbors can't hear my maniacal laughter and the occasional Die! Die! Die! screams

Kristin
McGill Clubhouse

[KathyJB]

Hey Kristen, hasn't got too hot down here yet has it? If I were your neighbor I would let out a Whoot! every once in a while if I heard you say Die, Die (along with maniacal laughter). I would help if you were ripping out juniper or cedar trees. I just came in from a break of hauling wheelbarrow load #14 of chicken poo dirt from the pile I had them dump too far away from the garden to the garden. I should have planned that better

[Marylu]

I'm just taking a break from pruning the roses in the garden room. Oh...my aching back!

Kansas.1911, Thanks. DH built the fence several years ago. He helped me this weekend with the edging. He even pulled some weeds! I doubt that we are the "Jones" as most of the neighbors do not have flowers. So no keeping up. Although after we started building the gardens a few of the neighbors did "clean" up their yards.

KathyJB, yes they are daylilies. They bloom over a long period of time, but not continuously. They usually start the end of June and bloom into August most years. I do have a few DLs that re-bloom, and those will bloom even later, sometimes into Sept and even once in a while into Oct. Last year quite a few did for some reason. If I remember right, the picture you posted was taken in July when the bed was in full bloom with DLs. I do have 3 rose bushes in that bed (in the rock circles) as well as 5-6 peonies, some iris, crazy daisies, asiatic lilies and oriental lilies, and yellow primrose. Probably some others that I can't remember right now too.

McCall, what a lovely yard! How I envy you the wooded setting. Living in town as we do, we have a few trees, but that's about it. We have lost several large trees over the past 4-5 years.

dalmatiangirl61, I wish you luck in eradicating the mesquite! Go girl go!

[McCall]

It is a sharp contrast to my Weirton house which has absolutely NO vegitation what so ever other then a strip on grass in the front about 10' by 20' maybe, not one tree or bush ugly rocks down the side and paved back yard, paved in broken concrete that is.


here is my one strip of "lawn"

and this is my beautiful backyard